Slowly We Adjust, But Only If We

Maybe At 20 You Can Write Well, But I Don't Think You Could Do What I Do. Some Things Have To Happen To You First.

The Things We Hate About Ourselves Aren't More Real Than Things We Like About Ourselves.

You Can Fire Your Secretary, Divorce Your Spouse, Abandon Your Children. But They Remain Your Co-authors Forever.

We Have Become A Nation Of Kodachrome, Nikon, Instamatic Addicts. But We Haven't Yet Developed A Clear Idea Of The Ethics Of Picture-taking. ... Where Do We Get The Right To Bring Other People Home In A Canister? Where Did We Lose The Right To Control Our Image?

The Central Paradox Of Motherhood Is That While Our Children Become The Absolute Center Of Our Lives, They Must Also Push Us Backout In The World.... But Motherhood That Can Narrow Our Lives Can Also Broaden Them. It Can Make Us Focus Intensely On The Moment And Invest Heavily In The Future.