Before You Can Be Anything,

I've Been The Oldest Child Since Before You Were Born

Sometimes Silence Is A Habit That Hurts?

But Happiness Is Not Always Loud And Bright And Crowded. Happiness Ripens Like A Watermelon, Sweet And Rosy On The Inside With Only A Thin Top Layer Altogether Free Of Small Black Pits. And, Like A Watermelon, The Whole Thing Can Be Covered With A Plain Dark Rind.

Silence Does For Thinking What A Suspension Bridge Does For Space -- It Makes Connections.

I Believe In Courtesy. It Is The Way We Avoid Hurting People's Feelings. She Thought That Maybe, Just Maybe, Western Civilization Was In Decline Because People Did Not Take Time To Take Tea At Four O'clock.