“FRONTA NULLA FIDES. Place no trust in appearances.”

“If we only fell in love with people who were perfect for us...then there wouldn't be so much fuss about love in the first place.”

“..the Zimmers sharpening their sarcasm. Over an early dinner, they chipped away at each other like little Michelangelos, placing every stroke of the mallet with care and devotion.”

“I've come to realize that however blue my circumstances, if after finishing a chapter of a Dickens novel I feel a miss-my-stop-on-the-train sort of compulsion to read on, then everything is probably going to be just fine.”

“What was your favorite day of the year? The summer solstice. June twenty-first. The longest day of the year.”

“Old times, as my father used to say: If you're not careful, they'll gut you like a fish.”

“If you could relive one year in your life, which one would it be? [...] The upcoming one.”