I have so many friends who have no idea what they want to do. They are out of college and working, but not sure they are doing what they want to do, which is normal. ↗
She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them. ↗
People spend a lifetime thinking about how they would really like to live. I asked my friends and no one seems to know very clearly. To me it's very clear now. I wish my life could have been like the years when I was writing 'Love in the Time of Cholera.' ↗
Before, I was so stupid. But, you know, when you have friends who died on the street, you say, okay, let's calm down. It's not the kind of energy I want to have in life. I want to go slower, and longer. ↗
My very good friend, Rahm Emanuel, made it very clear to me on several occasions that I was, quote, unquote, not a team player; that I was not - that I didn't not have a future. ↗