“Deep within every modern American female, whether she will admit it or not, lingers the image of an ideal man. It isn't necessarily photo quality, it rarely involves specific physical characteristics. No, this image is more like the promise of a feeling, a swept-off-your-feet, powerless-to-control-it, how-awesome-is-this-guy sentiment that she hopes someone special will someday inspire. Left to its own devices, the brain will keep this feeling dormant until truly warranted by a real-life flesh-and-blood person.”

“Every man has his secret desire, I suppose, and mine is someday to own a farm.”

“She was aware that reason had left the room. She was not sorry to see it go.”

“Not one person in this world believes that they are truly good enough as they are: good enough to be admired, to be respected, to be loved. Only I am willing to admit this.”

“It was what she imagined doing heroin would be like: terrible for you but impossible to resist.”

“It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within - that you can begin to take control.”

“life is so dangerous, there's nothing to fear; life is so possible, every breath a frontier”