“Losing your job is like having your identity stolen, like having what defined you run through a paper shredder. After a while the despair gets you, and it gets you good.”

“People know your tragedies and they treat you like you’re not human. Like you’re a three-headed goat. A monster from some other planet. They keep reminding you of your pain. You see how they look at me? They’re stuck on that person I used to be. They can’t see that old life as just a moment in time that I’ve moved on from. It was a horrible life.”

“you had to have happiness to miss happiness!”

“sleepin with strangers will have you waking with enemies!”

“wisdom ain't seeing what's in your face, but recognizing what's about to come!”

“i can become a new woman every day until i like the woman i become, then i can become her for a while, if not forever!”

“changing horses doesn't mean the ride'll get any better!”