“What's wrong with you? I asked myself. You are a happy person. You are an upbeat sort of person. Men smile at you on the subway, women ask you what shampoo you use. Cheer up for Christ's sake, I told myself, relax, you're fine, be happy, Girl. When I talk to myself I call myself Girl.”

“I loved Duncan and I loved being his mother but I wasn't sure I was prepared to be only his mother. Before we were even married, when Russell and I had gotten our dog, Humbert, I had walked him early one morning, and as I stood on a line for coffee, someone had offered him a dog treat. "I always ask the mommy first," she said, looking at him expectantly. "Oh, I'm not his mother," I said, "I'm just his...friend," and she looked at me with complete contempt. "You're his mother," she had scolded, "Poor dog.”

“You're all I care about," I said. "No. And me. The person I am when I'm with you, the way I see myself and know myself. That person who lives only when I'm with you.”

“I had you pictured dead in a pool of blood in front of the fireplace. And now you show up alive, and I want to kill you myself. (Zack)”

“You should spend more time reading the Good Book and less reading all those novels. What are you going to tell the Lord on Judgement Day when He asks you why you didn't read your bible? Hmm?"I will tell Him that His press agents could have done with a writing lesson or two, I said. To myself.”

“I hated him calling you 'his girl.' Because I want you all to myself”

“Karma PoliceKarma policearrest this man,he talks in maths,he buzzes like a fridge,he’s like a detuned radio.Karma policearrest this girl,her Hitler hairdois making me feel illand we have crashed her party.This is what you get,this is what you get,this is what you get,when you mess with us.Karma policeI’ve given all I can,it’s not enough,I’ve given all I canbut we’re still on the payroll.This is what you get,this is what you get,this is what you get,when you mess with us.For a minute thereI lost myself, I lost myself.Phew, for a minute there,I lost myself, I lost myself.For a minute thereI lost myself, I lost myself.Phew, for a minute there,I lost myself, I lost myself.”