“Guilt and no guilt: these were the worst things. The only thing worse than the guilt was the fear of getting caught.”

“Women clearly felt things more deeply: they read sub-text where men saw only white space.”

“Forgiveness is a powerful thing.”

“...of the things I want my daughters to know the greatest of these is love.”

“What happened when we died? How were we to know that death wasn't as profound an adventure as life was?”

“When you peered into the windows of someone else's life, you could only guess what was going on.”

“Nick was chocolate and cigarettes and whiskey and danger, and everything I should stay away from.”