“It's much easier than I thought it would be."Most things in knitting are, really.”

“It's much easier . . . to be on the verge of something than to actually be it. This would still take time.”

“Maybe we judge people too much by their looks because it's easier than seeing what's really important.”

“Well, I thought a lot of things. But mostly, I thought that your being sad was much more important to me than Craig not being your boyfriend anymore. And if it meant that I would never get to think of you that way, as long as you were happy, it was okay. That's when I realized that I really loved you.”

“Dear designer of questionable intent,Please send me a photo of yourself. Please be wearing the knitted pants that you designed. It's not that I don't believe that there is anyone out there thing enough to wear horizontally stripped trousers knit from chunky wool, it's just that I would like to know whether you are deliberately cruel or whether you are the one woman these would look really great on.”

“It is much easier to choose to be a good person than to think good thoughts.”