“That was a funny thing about friends, Marylin thought. You could know a person practically your whole life and she could still surprise you.”

“It was funny how you could go somewhere and your whole life could stretch out and then you could come home and have it all shrink back to the way it was before. It was funny that it didn’t stay stretched.”

“You could lead your life as if the whole world were watching you on TV, or you could lead your life as if no one is watching you – same thing.”

“It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.”

“You can know all about a person from the things they collect, the books on their shelves, the chairs in their parlor. … Let me into your house; I could write your life story.”

“It was amazing how many friends you could make by being bad at things, provided you were bad enough to be funny.”