“Lauren: "Can I ask you a question?"Angie: "Generally that's a question one should say no to. Often hell no.”

“Fifteen minutes later, Betsy came thundering down the stairs. "I'm going to the mall with Sierra to see a movie."Michael leaned forward, switched off the television. "Can you please rephrase that in the form of a question?""Sure. Can I have some money?”

“Conlan: "She's not Sophia."Angie: "She's somebody's Sophia.”

“Angie: "How do I pitch these ideas to her?"Mira: "From a distance, preferably wearing body armor.”

“And before you barrel through some idiotic Cosmo girl list of how-well-do-you-know-your-man questions, let me say that I don't know squat about him except that he kisses like a god and screws like a devil.”

“I prefer to scare myself in the ordinary ways, Daddy. Like letting my children cross the country for college. Why bungee jump when you can put a kindergartener on a school bus? Now, that's real terror.”

“One thing I can tell you for sure is this: we only regret what we don't do in life.”