"Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving." — Mary Catherine Bateson

The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors.

No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a really nice man who wishes she were not.

Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers.

The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.