My mother never stagnated in a place where she said, I have it all.
Many people don't give a rip about politics and know as much about public affairs as they know about the topography of Pluto.
The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn't make you less of what you were. You are still you.
If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.
Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues.
In many cases, a bout with sickness stretches your soul, opens your eyes, and introduces you to a world of unimagined grandeur, possibility and joy.
Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more than 72 million retirees drawing Social Security benefits.
The solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind.
Nothing is certain in London but expense.
Actually, I enjoy the process of writing a big long novel.
You know, the act of feeding someone is the ultimate act of care and affection. . . sharing yourself with someone else through food. He held another mouthful of cake under her nose. Think about it. We are fed in the Eucharist, by our mothers when we are infants, by our parents as children, by friends at dinner parties, by a lover when we feast on one another's bodies. . . and on occasion, on another's souls.