“We laughed harder than the humor deserved, which goes to show you no matter your age, you're closer to adolescence than you think.”

“sometimes life's like a bad waiter and serves you exactly what you don't want. You can cry and scream and order him to take it back, but in the end, you're the one who has to deal with what's finally set before you.”

“Women with minds scare some men. We make them wonder if they're as on top of things as they think they are.”

“Good posture and an attitude let you get away with anything.”

“Gadzooks! What a big chunk of God is to be found by looking into the face of someone you love!”

“I hate the way bitterness is like a black, bubbling tar pit in me, and I hate the way so many memories of you are in that pit.”

“Sister Ignatius taught me in Sunday School that "in the beginning there was light," but to me, it was always an incomplete sentence, which God should have known to ammend: in the beginning God created light...to read by.”