It’s easy to surround yourself with friends who are just like you. As a group, you may decide everyone else is doing it wrong. Friends can form a cul… - Meg Jay

did not want to “just have some office job and work nine to five like everyone else.” Ian was on a sneaky search for glory. He suffered less from the tyranny of the should than he did from the tyranny of the should-not.

The best is the enemy of the good. — Voltaire, writer/philosopher

In the twentieth century, it was tempting to minimize the effects of divorce. Some adults in unhappy marriages imagined trickle-down happiness: They would be happier after divorce; therefore, so would their kids. But as these kids matured, “the unexpected legacy of divorce” was undeniable. Many children of divorce said they had not much noticed — or cared — whether their parents were happily married. What they did know was that their lives fell apart after their parents split, as resources and parents became stretched too thin.