“Living at Venice is like a Journey to the Moon somehow....And a sweet Planet it is!”

“Just because some man pays you some attention doesn't mean you're somehow obliged to devote your life to him. You're worth MORE than that.”

“Great friendships are like cell phones, you do not know why they work but are so glad that they do.”

“The best friendships are like mobile phones, I think--you can't explain exactly how they work, but you're just relieved they do.”

“I was a fluke in a classroom full of flukes on a planet overpopulated by flukes.”

“I'm not that nice," I said. People were always telling me how nice I was. You'd think it would be a compliment, but it was amazing how sometimes it just felt like a kinder way of saying "blah." "I just keep my horrible side well hidden.”

“My roses are my jewels, the sun and moon my clocks, fruit and water my food and drink.”