“One of the floral arrangements swayed like a drunken sailor, then toppled, clattering to the floor.”

“Not an agent kiss, not anything remotely resembling a peck-on-the-cheek kiss, but a let's-get-started kiss. One that even in hardened, love-tired Los Angeles had a better-than-even shot of producing a happy finish”

“How pointless, harboring romantic fantasies about a man who'd made it abundantly clear that he wasn't interested.”

“All parents set out with expectations, hopes and dreams for their child. When a child is diagnosed with a health problem, these aspirations are altered. While one parent is hoping to see their child graduate from university, another is praying that they can live pain free”

“monkey see, monkey go blow some sh*t up”

“Champions get up when they can't.”

“A champion is someone ho gets up, een when he can't”