Just because someone isn't willing or able to love us, it doesn't mean that we are unlovable

Because while stupid people may not know they're stupid because they're stupid, surely unattractive people must know they're unattractive because of mirrors.

She felt mortified but proud. This is her demon child.

Everyone knew that elections only worked for judges and Congress. Making the executive branch pander to the people, go out begging for votes - that could only end in disaster. That structure would attract the wrong sort of people: power-hungry people with twisted agendas.

Thank god for the saving grace of friendship, and especially the friendship of other wives and mothers. Thank god for happy hours and long walks and phone calls and texts.

Everything we learn, we learn from someone who is imperfect.

I could talk about what a complete mindfuck it is to lose the shelter of your marriage, but also how expansive the view is without that shelter, how big the sky is —

I'm not a mess, but a deeply feeling person in a messy world. I explain that now, when someone asks me why I cry so often, I say, 'For the same reason I laugh so often--because I'm paying attention.'

"You're a bit mental, aren't you?" she said, not in the least aggressively, but slurring her words somewhat. It was hardly the first time I'd heard this.

"Yes," I said, "yes, I suppose I am."

She nodded, like I had confirmed a long-held suspicion.

Life is all about taking decisive action, darling. Whatever you want to do, do it - whatever you want to take, grab it. Whatever you want to bring to an end, END IT. And live with the consequences.

All I have to do is be willing to keep bringing myself back to the present moment at least one more time then I leave it