“El tiempo cura y nos mata. Time cures you first, and then it kills you.”

“Time cures you first, and then it kills you.”

“What you hold in your hands right now, beneath these words, is consecrated air and time and sunlight and, first of all, a place.”

“She has changed in this way that motherhood changes you, so that you forget you ever had time for small things like despising the color pink.”

“Look, if I don't flirt with you, you should take that as a compliment. I don't always respect myself, but I almost never respect men. They're like flowers all showy, a lot of color and lust. You pick them and throw them on the ground. But you I respect. I always did. From the first day I saw you.”

“There is a strange moment in time, after something horrible happens, when you know it's true, but you haven't told anyone yet.”

“One of the very first things I figured out about life...is that it's better to be a hopeful person than a cynical, grumpy one, because you have to live in the same world either way, and if you're hopeful, you have more fun.”