“In one of the chapters of her book my mother characterizes the relationship of sisters as one that "can illustrate the essence of relationships," an understanding companionship of two complete and independent individuals who choose to be together.”

“To lose such an important listener in life is like losing my shadow. With no shadow, does a person truly exist under the sun? With no listener, does a person really have a voice? Silence means so many things to human beings. Some of them are unbearable.”

“there is a relationship between the mind and the body that can both create a physical condition and enable us to recover from it”

“One learns to accept the fact that no permanent return is possible to an old form of relationship; and, more deeply still, that there is no holding of a relationship to a single form. This is not tragedy but part of the ever-recurrent miracle of life and growth.”

“A Hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”

“Lets go to bed, honey, so these nice people can go home....”

“But boys will be boys, even the ones who are only girls dressed up: That's one of the rules of the world.”