Biography

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Boston Globe since 1967.

On love: We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindness, because of luck...But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness. The understanding that, so, you're no bargain, but you love and you are loved. Anyway.

On mothering: We don't have to achieve to be accepted by our families. We just have to be. Our membership is not based on credentials but on birth.

On growth: It has begun to occur to me that life is a stage I'm going through.