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.

Just bring your wits. Sometimes that's the most effective weapon any of us has.

And they lived happily (aside from a few normal disagreements, misunderstandings, pouts, silent treatments, and unexpected calamities) ever after.

She said, "As long as we're with each other--" "We know we're in exactly the right place," he finished.

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.