Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions

Perhaps that’s the first Survival Lesson we need to remember if we are to keep going: serious opposition is a measure of success.

If we want to be understood, we have to be understandable.

Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we would be described-and will be described, after our deaths-by each of the family members who believe they know us. The only question is: Why are some mysteries more important than others?

Any First Lady, no matter what she does or doesn’t do, is still more likely to top the lists of Most Admired Women than any woman who has succeeded on her own.

Democracy is a seed that can only be planted where you stand.

He’s fine in emergencies, but can’t handle everyday life.