“There are some things you never say good-bye to”

“This is the way things work sometimes, that good things get ideas from each other, say, well now let’s go ahead and let her have it all.”

“It is never about how good your voice is; it is only about feeling the urge to sing, and then having the courage to do it with the voice you are given.”

“Never be afraid of doing the thing you know in your heart is right, even if others don't agree.”

“Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels."Marsha thinks about this. Then she says, "Not true.""I know," Tom says, and sighs.”

“People say you should give until it hurts. I say you should give until it stops hurting. Know what I mean?”

“I am so often struck by what we do not do, all of us. And I am also, now, so acutely aware of the quick passage of time, the way that we come suddenly to our own separate closures. It is as though a thing says, I told you. But you thought I was just kidding.”