Daddy always said you only explained things to the people that actually mattered.

People, you'll find, aren't usually all good or bad. Sometimes they're just a little bit good and a whole lot bad. And sometimes they're mostly good with a dash of bad. And most of us, well, we fall in the middle somewhere.

Chocolate doesn't solve everything, Nana." "It solves a whole heck of a lot, though.

In the end, the end of a life only matters to friends, family, and other folks you used to know. For everyone else, it's just another end.

If you are going to forgive a person, Liz decides, it is best to do it sooner rather than later. Later, Liz knows from experience, could be sooner than you thought.

The only love she inspires is the canine kind.

if you were older you might agree with me. you might say that real love steals nothing. you might say that real love leaves a person intact. you would be wrong, jane. love is a greedy toddler who knows only the word 'mine.