Nobody ever gets enough appreciation when they're behaving themselves, but there's no end to hearing about it when they're not.

That cup of tea is definately not down your alley

Secrets have a way of making themselves felt, even before you know there's a secret.

Congratulations. You have met your conscience. In my experience, the world is divided between those who have one and those who don't. And the ones with one are divided into those who will act on their conscience and those who won't. Those who will are, I'm afraid, the smallest category. They will *jeito*. It's Brazilian Portuguese. It means to find a way to get something done, no matter what the obstacles.

No matter how good somebody's life looks from the outside, you can be sure there's something about it you wouldn't want to have in your life.

As wonderful as dogs can be, they are famous for missing the point.

I'm starting to believe that happily ever after includes people doing things that upset each other. We all get cranky, or impatient, or worried, or careless enough to do or say things that hurt someone else. Like it or not, that's normal. We can't blame it all on Olympia's bad energy. The important part is that we feel sorry about what we've done and make up for it. That's something Olympia never did.