“Get your life turned right-side-out again. Like a shirt that comes out of the dryer wrong-side-out, you need to turn your life right-side-out before putting it on again. Every day.” — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“Americans are funny," Terence O'Donnell pointed out in a conversation we had about our national need to own as much as possible, including our… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“It scares us more than anything except death. Being alone. Our fear of solitude is so ingrained that given the choice of being alone… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“Curmudgeons speak up because they have to, because it’s become critically important for them to tell the truth as they see it. Telling the… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“Putting thoughts into words is vastly different from putting truth into words. For words are not truth. As ardently as writers sort and select… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“The Art of Self, I've learned, is indispensable to material success but corrosive to the human spirit. What's more, much of the misery in… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“Curmudgeons speak up because they have to, because it’s become critically important for them to tell the truth as they see it. Telling the… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“Now that you’re old, cut yourself some slack, would you? Let yourself off the hook. Give yourself a break. You don’t have to do… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“When was the last time someone was so overjoyed to see you, so brimming with love and affection that they literally ran to greet… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“There's one thing you ought to know about old people," Alberto Terégo told me on our early morning walk on the beach. "Like what?"… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“Did I think I'd ever find someone I could live with, she asked me, and I said yes, and she said who, and I… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“I woke up this morning with the words clomping around in my head: 'Truth does not become wisdom until the exact moment you're ready… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“Regrets are particularly poignant for the old, those of us who have used up most of the chances we'll ever get and are left… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“Get your life turned right-side-out again. Like a shirt that comes out of the dryer wrong-side-out, you need to turn your life right-side-out before… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“It's the opening line of a football game returned for a touchdown. Or fumbled. It's what orange juice is to breakfast, the first minutes… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
