We can't know or say what other people do. You have to think what you want to do to get the situation where you want it to be.

We can't know or say what other people do. You have to think what you want to do to get the situation where you want it to be.

Everything doesn't seem like anything when you love someone. Especially when you're young.

Do not think about guys who have broken your heart six ways. It is mentally deranged to chase after heartbreak.

Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you.

although she went home that night feeling happier than she had ever been in her short life, she did not confuse the golf course party with a good party, and she did not tell herself she had a pleasant time. it had been, she felt, a dumb event preceded by excellent invitations. what frankie did that was unusual was to imagine herself in control. the drinks, the clothes, the instructions, the food (there had been none), the location, everything. she asked herself: if i were in charge, how could i have done it better?

My problem is I can think whatever I think—girl power, solidarity, Gloria Steinem rah rah rah — but I still feel the way I feel. Which is jealous. And pissy about little things.