“There are no free lunches in philosophy any more than in real life.”

“In novels, women run off with their lovers. In real life, women stay.”

“Suffering happens when we expect life to be something more and different than what it is in the present moment. When we let go of all expectations, there is peace.”

“Newt had said I loved Ivy more than the church. I wasn’t going to deny it, but there were all kinds of love, and how shallow would I be if my anchor to reality was a hunk of real estate? It was the people who were there that made it mean something.”

“More than any expert Irene had met, Mr. Simms mastered the intricacies of dealing in art. He understood an object's worth, not solely its dollar value but how that value could be manipulated into emotional currency.”

“It's lawmakers know better than anyone that laws are more a matter of practical compromise than any kind of moral imperative.”

“...her tone more disapproving than dismayed.”