"And yet, I suppose you mourn the loss or the death of what you thought your life was, even if you find your life is better after. You mourn the future that you thought you'd planned."

"There were times after my marriage ended where, you know, I really felt like I was at the bottom of a mountain, there was a great big, fog up there, and I'm never going to cross to the other side."

"I don't want to have to say, Honey, you know, could you turn off the sports channel because I'm not a big sports fan, and I don't love the television being on just for the sake of turning on. I'd like turning on for some thing specific."

"I'm also doing constant book readings, movies. You name it, I'm doing it."

"The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults."

"Wisdom principle 52 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 13."

"What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?"

"Make the most of your regrets.… To regret deeply is to live afresh."