I appreciate your giving my book -- and in no small way, me -- a chance. To thank you, I really wanted to acknowledge all of you in the book. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough room for each name. So I've put in a code name that stands for all of you reading this book. The name is 'Mom.' It will be our little secret. So when you see 'Mom' in the acknowledgments, you'll know I'm really talking about you. And don't let my mother try to tell you otherwise.

I'm sure there's somebody out there who doesn't like Betty White because she's short and has white hair.

I don't think I remember my first memory.

Be kind to one another. Bye, bye.

When your heart is broken, when your heart has cracks in it, it lets the light in.

We're just trying to find happiness in the bodies and minds we were given, like everyone else.

You should never assume. You know what happens when you assume. You make an ass out of you and me because that's how it's spelled.