“The easiest thing is to say no. What's not so easy is telling yourself to stop.”

“If you would like to know how easy it is to overlook evil, Petra could tell you: it is the easiest thing in the world.”

“The easiest thing in the world is to convince yourself that you're right. As one grows old, it is easier still.”

“Imagine that you are dying. If you had a terminal disease would you ­finish this book? Why not? The thing that annoys this 10-weeks-to-live self is the thing that is wrong with the book. So change it. Stop arguing with yourself. Change it. See? Easy. And no one had to die.”

“Sometimes the right decision isn’t always the easiest one,” she says as she pulls the towel from the shower curtain rod, wraps it around herself and secures it.“Sometimes what’s right isn’t so easy to see,” he responds.”

“You can fool yourself, you know. You'd think it's impossible, but it turns out it's the easiest thing of all.”