“Now, tomorrow you got to put on a happy face, not for me, nor May, or anyone else, just for yourself. 'Cause that's a magic trick I learned a long time ago, if you look like you're happy, you soon get to be.”

“So how do you know when the boy's perfect for you?' Dulcie askedBetty gave her a tender look. 'You'll just know. That sounds vague, I know, but it's true.”

“You can't do anything about the past, it's done and can't be mended. But the future is different, if you just think what you really want and reach out and take it.”

“I was too stubborn to really take on what she was saying. But we're all guilty sometimes of only listening to what we want to hear.”

“Hate was a far easier emotion to deal with sometimes. It burned fiercely and eventually died. Love stayed.”

“There are always two sides to every story, Kelley. Something I learned playing Richard the Third and Macbeth: if you're playing the 'bad guy', you never really think of yourself as bad. It's just that your motives are often...misunderstood by everyone else.”

“Yes. And also, if it's okay by you, I'd like to shut up now... Or possibly just go somewhere and swallow my face.”