“Life is like the river, sometimes it sweeps you gently along and sometimes the rapids come out of nowhere.”

“Strength is not something you have, it's something you find.”

“Even if I were trying to catch a husband I would never fish in shallow waters.”

“Sometimes, she reflected, she dressed for courage, sometimes for success, and sometimes for the consolation of knowing that whatever else went wrong, at least she liked her clothes.”

“Sex without love is like a goddamn business transaction. And sometimes both parties feel as if they got a good deal, but that doesn't make it any less so.”

“Sometimes, one wants to have the illusion that one is making ones own life, out of one's own resources.”

“Writing is like a raft with a slow leak; sometimes it floats, sometimes it doesn't.”