She gave him such a look... Man oh man, if looks could kill. That one might have totalled a city block.

I don't want them to be told to remember me.

If you lived today as if it were your last, you'd buy up a box of rockets and fire them all off, wouldn't you?

Why is divorce so expensive? Because it's worth it!

You learn this great lesson of life: it's not about me. It's just not. The matter of talent-which seemed so important to you when you were young-is not of great importance. We're simply a conduit. We take things out of the air into us and put them in the form of stories. That's pretty much it.

Girls . . . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . . . Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh, fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about who was dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dolls, creating complex family groups and learning how to solve problems through negotiation and roleplaying. Which gender is better equipped, on the whole, to live an adult life, would you guess?

Life is unjust and this is what makes it so beautiful. Every day is a gift. Be brave and take hold of it.