Humor Is A Show Of Both Strength

Humor Is A Show Of Both Strength And Of Vulnerability: You Are Willing To Make The First Move But You Are Trusting In The Response Of Your Listener.

Most Cooks Would Not, For Example, Prepare An Important, Elaborate, And Difficult Dish On The Back-burner. Neither Should We Relegate The Cultivation And Preparation Of Happiness For A Position Where It Is Both Hard To Reach And Difficult To Infuse With New Ingredients.

I Have An Intimate Relationship With Books. After All, I Take Them With Me Into The Bathtub-not An Invitation I Offer Lightly.

Anger Can Offer A Sense Of Indignity To Replace A Sense Of Shame, And Offer A Voice-raised Above Others-which Can Finally Be Heard. Those Voices Are Most Effective When They Are Raised In Unison, When They Have Mercy As Well As Anger Behind Them, And When, Instead Of Roaring At The Anger Of Old Pain, They Sing About The Glorious Possibilities Of A Future Where Anger Has A Smaller House Than Hope.

Once We Hit Forty, Women Only Have About Four Taste Buds Left: One For Vodka, One For Wine, One For Cheese, And One For Chocolate.