“This can shake you up, this business of things almost but not quite being the same. A pharmacy is not quite a drugstore; a brasserie is not quite a coffee shop; a lunch is not quite a lunch.”

“If you can quit, then quit. If you can't quit, you're a writer.”

“If you can quit, quit. If you can't quit, stop complaining - this is what you chose.”

“The homes here are almost identical, but not quite, full of people almost identical, but not quite.”

“There was just a moment when things weren't quite the same, weren't quite as they had always been through the long friendship”

“Quitting is not giving up, it's choosing to focus your attention on something more important. Quitting is not losing confidence, it's realizing that there are more valuable ways you can spend your time. Quitting is not making excuses, it's learning to be more productive, efficient and effective instead. Quitting is letting go of things (or people) that are sucking the life out of you so you can do more things that will bring you strength.”