“Lola's only nugget of wisdom to her little daughters was Never cry, never ever.”
“There's little of the melancholy element in her, my lord: she is never sad but when she sleeps; and not ever sad then; for I have heard my daughter say, she hath often dreamt of unhappiness, and waked herself with laughing.”
“Authoritarian, paralyzing, circular, occasionally elliptical stock phrases, also jocularly referred to as nuggets of wisdom, are a malignant plague, one of the very worst ever to ravage the earth.”
“It had never occurred to her that God would cry, but of course that was wrong. God would be crying all the time. He would cry and cry and never stop.”
“Heed my words, daughter, if you ever mean to be happy: Never give yourself to a man.”
“God withholds blessing only in wisdom, never in spite or aloofness.”