I was crying a little for the boy I had wanted him to be and the boy he hadn’t turned out to be.

What were you like," I asked her. "we're you happy? Or were you smiling because they told you to?

I do believe that food lobbies exert enormous, at times insidious, power over what we eat, that our water supplies are not being protected as much as they probably should be and that, in general, people are more interested in smart phones than museums.

In life, Jane reflected, the most interesting things tend to happen when you're on your way to do something else.

Saying you're through with romance is like saying you're done with living, Betty. Life is better with a little romance, you know.

Oh," says Owen, "but I would have, you know." "I know you would have," says Liz, "and knowing you would have is nearly as good.

You know everything you need to know about a person from the answer to the question, What is your favorite book?