“Why do you always refer to vehicles as she?Because they can be temperamental and expensive and sometimes difficult to start, but every man wants one.”

“She means well, but she always manages to do the wrong thing. She has a real talent for it.”

“Have you ever done any running or jogging?” Hawk asked.[...]“I walk,” she told him. “I’ve never had any desire to run or jog.”“Why not? Don’t you like to sweat?”“As a matter of fact, I don’t.” She smiled. “Besides, Southern ladies never sweat. We don’t even perspire.”“Then what the hell do you do?”“We glow.”

“Happiness isn't wanting what you can get, but wanting what you have.”

“Well, she thought, I'm certainly bright. She had wanted to meet a new boy and when she finally did meet one she didn't even find out his name”

“You can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.”

“The truth most families eventually discover is that no one can cure another person's addiction. Omly addicts can do that for themselves.”