The world is Trouble...and Grace. That is all there is.

There's no pleasure in getting to be an old coot unless you have some fun along the way.

Reader, I kissed her. A quiet walk we had, she and I.

A comedy isn't about being funny," said Mrs. Baker. "We talked about this before." "A comedy is about character who dare to know that they may choose a happy ending after all. That's how I know." "Suppose you can't see it?" "That's the daring part," said Mrs. Baker.

Maybe this happens to you every day, but I think it was the first time I could hardly wait to show something that I'd done to someone who would care besides my mother. You know how that feels?

We were both chumps. But you know what? It's not so bad when you're chumps together.

She came over and looked at the picture. Then she took my hand. You know what that feels like? Like what the astronauts will feel when they step onto the moon for the very first time.