“Neither one of them could turn off their feelings, even with so much time and distance between them. The more they were apart, and the more they weren't allowed to be together, the more they loved each other.”

“People fight over parking spaces more than they do for each other; then they bemoan the fact they can't find love.”

“The more candles on my cake means I get a little more exercise in blowing them out.”

“Some people want it all and expect it all; always looking outward, so often proclaiming what they deserve, even more saying what they want, and all thinking another should provide it for them. Do they ever bother to be the person they think someone else would love to have?”

“When someone says they feel old, I always want to ask them why they feel old. Time passes for everyone. No one is exempt.”

“I found that I missed him the more he was absent from my life, and the more I missed him, the more I loved him.”

“The spider's web: She finds an innocuous corner in which to spin her web. The longer the web takes, the more fabulous its construction. She has no need to chase. She sits quietly, her patience a consummate force; she waits for her prey to come to her on their own, and then she ensnares them, injects them with venom, rendering them unable to escape. Spiders – so needed and yet so misunderstood.”