“Few sons are like their fathers--most are worse, few better.”

“There were a few other moves of his father's he could do without as well - the sucker punches, the ruffling of the hair, the way of pronouncing the word son, in a slightly deeper voice. This hearty way of talking was getting worse, as if his father were auditioning for the role of Dad, but without much hope.”

“For better or worse, there are few things so disarming as one who laughs well at her own expense.”

“We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.”

“So few want to be rebels anymore. And out of those few, most, like myself, scare easily.”

“Another reality about relationships is that they are never static. All of us experience changes in relationships but a few stop to analyse why a relationship gets better or worse.”