You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone read more

You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone until you find out what makes them cry.

We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are read more

We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.

Girls usually have a paper mâché face on their wedding day.

Girls usually have a paper mâché face on their wedding day.

You have to kiss a lot of toads before you find a handsome prince.

You have to kiss a lot of toads before you find a handsome prince.

You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening.

You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening.

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months read more

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we're still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on--series polygamy--until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.

Sometimes you see a person, and you wonder why you don't spend more time with that person, because they're like read more

Sometimes you see a person, and you wonder why you don't spend more time with that person, because they're like one of your favorite people. And then they say something and you remember why you don't.