“When your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.”

“Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.”

“Dogs have important jobs, like barking when the doorbell rings, but cats have no function in a house whatsoever.”

“Your peers when you're a teenager will always be the keepers of your embarrassment and regret. It was one of life's great injustices, that you can move on and be accomplished and happy, but the moment you see someone from high school you immediately become the person you were then, not the person you are now.”

“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.”

“It was natural, she supposed, to be tense around him. Your peers when you're a teenager will always be the keepers of your embarrassment and regret. It was one of life's great injustices, that you can move on and be accomplished and happy, but the moment you see someone from high school you immediately become the person you were then, not the person you are now.”