“I don't break up, I trade up”

“The whole "misery loves company"thing never applies more than when you're breaking up. The thought that theother person is doing fine is simply too much to bear.”

“You don't have to talk to someone to think about them and check up on them now and again.”

“... I think my sister Daphne's obsession with having children has a lot to do with wanting to erase the pain my mother caused. On one level, Daphne's approach makes more sense. Yet the thought of a redo is not only unappealing, but terrifying. I don't want that kind of power over anyone. I don't want to be something that someone has to overcome. After all, I think everyone would agree that it's far worse to be a fucked-up mother than it is to have one.”

“I just think that I screwed up what could have turned into a more significant relationship, or at least a lasting friendship.”

“Sweetened ice tea is one of the things I love about the South, right up there with homemade biscuits and cheese grits.”

“I do not expect to get what I want, so I don't. And I don't even try.”