“There is nothing nicer than nodding off while reading. Going fast asleep and then being woken by the crash of the book on the floor, then saying to yourself, well it doesn't matter much. An admirable feeling.”
“The only thing worse than not reading a book in the last ninety days is not reading a book in the last ninety days and thinking that it doesn't matter”
“She jumped off my bed and shoved my stack of books over; thousands of words crashed onto the floor.”
“Nothing is ever quite right, is it, after a parent dies? No matter how well things go, something always feels slightly off...”
“Nothing makes a man feel more heroic than lying on the floor while his wife captures a criminal with a poinsettia”
“But if as you read this book you're saying to yourself: "I'd rather be miserably married than be alone." Well young lady, take out your clown shoes and buckle your seat belt - it's going to be a very bumpy one-woman circus.”