“A friend sat next to a nun on a plane. He asked her what she missed most. "Wearing blue jeans," she replied.”

“In most cases, it is more satisfying to get a friend's answering machine and leave a cheery, tangible trace of your sincere commitment to the friendship than it is to engage in actual conversation.”

“My brother, who grew up with three sisters, was I won't say how many years old when he finally realized that he did not have to wrap the towel around his chest when he came out of the shower.”

“ADMIRE means, I really look up to you and the way you are with your cookies. You remind me of what is good and possible in this world.”

“I am a slow reader, and fast eater; I wish it were the other way around.”

“On the occasions where we do have to participate, to do more than nothing, it is desirable to have a glass of wine to soften all the everything.”

“If you want to grow up to be a big, strong pea, you have to eat your candy," Papa Pea would say.”