People have writer's block not because they can't write, but because they despair of writing eloquently. - Anna Quindlen

People go through life thinking they are making decisions, when they're really just making plans, which is not the same thing at all. And along the way, they get a little damaged, lots of tiny cracks, holding together but damaged still.

Jane Austen may not be the best writer, but she certainly writes about the best people. And by that I mean people just like me.

One of the useful things about age is realizing conventional wisdom is often simply inertia with a candy coating of conformity.