"The families of many athletes - incensed at the sports leagues and hoping to make games safer overall - are increasingly making the brains of players who die prematurely and suspiciously available for study. Some athletes are even making the bequest themselves."

"More and more NFL players have been willing their bodies to science so that their brains can be studied even if they die of other causes."

"Older fatherhood isn't all bad: testosterone rates drop about 1% per year as men age, making them less reactive and more patient, and a professionally established middle-aged man is likely to have more time and money to devote to his kids than a twenty-something who's just getting started."

"Learning to speak was the most remarkable thing you ever did."

"The more easily digestible and refined the carbohydrates, the greater the effect on our health, weight and well-being."

"The art of living is discovering that kindness can heal wounds that time cannot."

"It is a humble truth that to love deeply is to give someone the power to heal what words cannot reach — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Got good news and bad news for you, Mr. President. The good news is that Chief Justice John Roberts just saved your legacy and, perhaps, your presidency by writing for the Supreme Court majority to rule health care reform constitutional."