“why are we so monumentally slow?”

“Sam, just accept it. There is nothing funnier than penises randomly inserted in wildly uncalled for places in the sport of hilarious juxtaposition. Why else would we have the Washington Monument?”

“Of our hurts we make monuments of survival. If we survive. ”

“After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.”

“The best thing about knitting is its slowness," says Murphy. "It is so slow that we see the beauty inherent in every tiny act that makes up a sweater. So slow that we know the project is not going to get finished today--it may not get finished for many months or longer--and that allows us to make our peace with the unresolved nature of life. We slow down as we knit.”

“After I am dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.”