“Home is where we tie one end of the thread of life.”

“If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr.”

“A dog wags its tail with its heart”.”

“I have seen the sea when it is stormy and wild; when it is quiet and serene; when it is dark and moody. And in all its moods, I see myself”

“Some people...no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty.They merely move it, from their faces into their hearts.”

“As I leave my building, Robert wolf-whistles at me, long and drawn out. Probably inappropriate of my doorman, but I appreciate the compliment. "I don't know where you're going," Robert says, "but you're going to knock them dead.""Thanks," I say, and decide it's better to keep to myself that I am headed to the constant-care floor of the Riverdale Retirement Home. The one place where that's a real possibility.”

“And that's why I finally ended it. I realized today that it's exhausting to be a coward.”