One of the hardest tasks as a human being is knowing when to keep an open mind, and when not to.

No one is ever quite as strong or as weak as you'd think.

You were supposed to have hope, right? You were supposed to respect its power and hold on. And so I did. I held, and held, and let hope fill me. But as the days went on, it seemed I could be holding for a long, long time. Hope could be the most powerful thing or the most useless

I guess forgiveness, like happiness, isn’t a final destination. You don’t one day get there and get to stay.

Let me tell you, you either have chemistry or you don't, and you better have it, or it's like kissing some relative. But chemistry, listen to me, you got to be careful. Chemistry is like those perfume ads, the ones that look so interesting and mysterious but you dont even know at first what they're even selling. Or those menues without the prices. Mystery and intrigue are gonna cost you. Great looking might mean something ve-ry expensive, and I don't mean money. What I'm saying is, chemistry is a place to start, not an end point.

The loneliness you feel with another person, the wrong person, is the loneliest of all.

But, dear God, don't listen to me. I'm an old lady in the middle of nowhere without a real toilet.