“Right now there are thirty-one satellites zipping around the world with nothing better to do than help you find your way to the grocery store.”

“You know if you walked around the world, your hat would travel thirty-one feet farther than your shoes?”

“Do you work at the grocery store? Then why are you checking me out?”

“Each of these strategies-get a little better at it, design a support system, use one of your strongest themes to overwhelm your weakness, find a partner, and just stop doing it-can help you as you strive to build your life around your strengths.”

“Believe me, I have better things to do than sabotage your friendships. No one else's world revolves around you, Cassandra."-Paige to Cassandra”

“When all the decent pleasures are forbidden, there's always ways to get the rotten ones. You don't break into grocery stores after dark and you don't pick your fellow's pockets to buy classical symphonies or fishing tackle, but if it's to get stinking drunk and forget you do.”