“When I can't sleep I count the buckles on my straightjacket.”

“No sense in being pessimistic. It wouldn't work anyway.”

“being in love can be frightening,and sometimes its easier to fight it than it is to face it.”

“The only type of men Julia's mother had warned her about were wealthy industrialist who polluted the environment and took advantage of third-world countries. And Republilicans.”

“A miracle is a single mom who works two jobs to care for her kids and still helps them with their homework at night. A miracle is a child donating all the money in their piggy bank to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. That's where you'll find the hand and face of God.”

“I know how loud the seconds can sound as you stand by a window and peer out into the night.”

“Who the hell ain't dysfunctional these days? When the Kennedys straighten out, then maybe the rest of us should worry.”