“I've been the way he's being now, acting tough about things that really hurt me, and I can see right through to the truth. ”

“I can say anything, but the things I want to say are trapped in that wide open space so I don’t say anything at all.”

“and then, it's just me alone in bed with a man who can sleep with his back to me while I cry silent tears tha make the pillow wet around my head.”

“All his genius and he’s wrong. I can stay mad forever.”

“I am driving an unfamiliar vehicle down a narrow road I've never seen before. Do you really want to be pissing me off right now?”

“Before I had kids, I always found it funny how people would talk about their children like they were the cutest things on the planet and how every little thing they did was endlessly fascinating. Now that I've had kids, I can say with certainty that, my children really are the cutest things on this planet and every little thing they do is endlessly fascinating...”

“Finally he said, "I am sorry for it. His mama didn't teach him right." My mama didn't teach me right either, I thought, and I don't act that way. I kept rocking.”