“Every job too miserable most times, is nothing compared to just waiting.”

“‎A different toothbrush waits in every time zone.”

“In good old Colonial Dunsboro, masochism is a valuable job skill. It is in most jobs.”

“Most times, it's just a lot easier not to let the world know what's wrong.”

“My whole life is about forgetting. It's my most valuable job skill.”

“Most people would never admit it, but they'd been bitching since they were born. As soon as their head popped out into that bright delivery-room light, nothing had been right. Nothing had been as comfortable or felt so good. Just the effort it took to keep your stupid physical body alive, just finding food and cooking it and dishwashing, the keeping warm and bathing and sleeping, the walking and bowel movements and ingrown hairs, it was all getting to be too much work.”

“Maybe it's just a daughter's job to piss off her mother.”