“There's the life we dream, the life we deserve, and the life we get. I'll take what I got over what I deserve any day.”

“We don't always get what we deserve," she replied, patting James over his heart. "Sometimes we get more; sometimes we get less. At least we get something.”

“Cat, I'll let you in on a little secret. We don't all love our jobs every day. And doing something you have passion for doesn't make the work part of it any easier...It just makes you less likely to quit.”

“And there's always a better time than right now and there always will be. But right now is what we've got.”

“Life isn't a straightforward climb up the ladder. It can take a few slips to really gain perspective.”

“So this was it. You take a wrong step and you end up wearing yesterday's underwear, sitting on the carpet trying to teach yourself how to knit. And even that doesn't work. She never expected it to be so hard. Life.”

“Better to live your life open rather than exist on borrowed time, waiting for the great unmasking.”