“Only boring people get bored.”

“No, scratch the word "career." Careers are for people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck. ”

“There are no absolutes in relationships. You can't take anything for granted. You can count on absolutely nothing but the unexpected. You only get in trouble when you start thinking that you're some kind of exception to the rule.”

“(mother)" She used to tell me to get my nose out of my book and go get some fresh air.”

“I nod, thinking of how difficult marriage can be, how much effort is required to sustain a feeling between two people - a feeling that you can't imagine will ever fade in the beginning when everything comes so easily. I think of how each person in a marriage owes it to the other to find individual happiness, even in a shared life. That is the only real way to grow together, instead of apart.”

“I learned that getting mad was easier than being sad.”

“The person who wants out of the relationship always gets her way.”