“I'm human. The single most overused excuse on the planet for doing the absolute wrong thing.”

“There were two things a girl learned to do simultaneously at a very young age: knee a guy in the crotch and scream at the top of her lungs.”

“I'm a woman. Forty-five in female years (which is about a hundred and thirty in male years - bastards).”

“When they're talking about me they're letting someone else rest.”

“Men got better with age, like wine. Women, on the other hand, were like cheese- aged was good to a degree, then came the mold and the inevitable casting aside.”

“Don't say it is too hard or you can't find the words and please don't tell me there isn't enough time in the day. Writers start each day with a pen in their hand and do not make excuses. To be a writer is to do what is too hard, to find the words when others could not and make time no matter what. The proof is in the book you hold, the words you read and the stories that live on forever.”

“You're wearing a lace thong?" Dolly clapped her hands. "That's absolutely perfect for romance.”