“Never grow a wishbone where your backbone ought to be.”

“General [De Gaulle], you must not hate your friends more than you hate your enemies”

“Love your life. That's a direct route to something people used to call "happiness".”

“Too many guys think I'm a concept, or I complete them, or I'm gonna make them alive. But I'm just a fucked-up girl who's lookin' for my own peace of mind; don't assign me yours.”

“Neither would you, had you grown up in a library of melodramatic romance novels.”

“The wishbone will never replace the backbone”

“You’re wishin’ too much, baby. You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughtta be.”