I don't know what he means by that, but I nod and smile at him. You'd be surprised at how far that response can get you in a conversation where you are completely confused.

Maybe mothers - consciously or subconsciously - repelled their daughters in different ways.

When they laugh, it sounds like confetti.

Equality is treating everyone the same. But equity is taking differences into account, so everyone has a chance to succeed.

Maybe that's what we do to the people we love: take shots in the dark and realize too late that we've wounded the people we are trying to protect.

I'm too much of a coward to kill myself. And too much of a coward to live.