“It was the kind... of Southern women... who believe... that it is impossible to arrive in a new place without a pair of shoes to match every possible change of clothes.”

“Friends are supposed to act like harbor boats—let you know if you’re off course. But it ain’t always possible…”

“Glorious theater. It creates family for all kinds of orphans. -- Wade Coenen in "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood”

“Good enough is good enough. Perfect will make you a big fat mess every time.”

“I want to lay up like that, to float unstructured, without ambition or anxiety. I want to inhabit my life like a porch.”

“See, she goes places when she reads. I know all about that. When I'm reading, wherever I am, I'm always somewhere else.”

“You know how some people, when they're together, they somehow make you feel more hopeful? Make you feel like the world is not the insane place it really is?”