“Shame on you for dating a musician. At your age.”

“Dad told me, 'Mommy doesn't need antidepressants, you see. She needs flowers and sometimes she needs antiques.”

“When a street musician lowered his violin to inquire, 'Hey lovely, what you got there?' she said, 'Musicians who ask questions,' and kept on dragging.”

“There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out -russian proverb”

“when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you, you're gonna believe them. And when you're fifteen don't forget to look before you fall. In your life you'll do things greater than dating the boy on the football team. I didn't know it at fifteen.”

“They thought to use and shame me but I win out by nature, because a true freak cannot be made. A true freak must be born.”

“They think I'm too old to cause trouble.Old age is a powerful disguise.”