We all think we have time, you know. It's this miracle substance and there seems to be so much of it, and then all of a sudden, it's gone.

The books weren't exactly Linnet's general reading fare, but a desperate woman will read anything.

I didn't realize you needed a response. When Hamlet is giving a monologue, he just goes on and on by himself.

I never did learn how to live in the moment, but I did learn that moments could be wasted and the world would continue to spin on its axis.

One more time, she promised herself. That wasn't too trollopy. She wouldn't be too trollopy. But when they actually got to the guardhouse? Trollopy.

He's male. I've noticed that sometimes the brains simply get left out of the package.

Dogs are high on life. Cats need catnip.