“If you are not yelling at your kids,you are not spending enough time with them.”

“When you finally accept that you're a complete dork, your life gets easier. No sense in trying to be cool.”

“Being a Southern person and a blonde, it's not a good combination. Immediately, when people meet you, they think of you as not being smart.”

“If something seems frightening or horrible, I should probably do it.”

“I get crazy in a bookstore. It makes my heart beat hard because I want to buy everything.”

“I don't believe in perfection. I don't think there is such a thing.”

“Never read a book through merely because you have begun it.”