A lady's hair is her crowning glory

Memoir is about handing over you life to someone and saying, This is what I went through, this is who I am, and maybe you can learn something from it.

Anyone who thinks he's too small to make a difference has never been bit by a mosquito

But I also hoped that [she] had chosen California because she thought that was her true home, the place where she really belonged, where it was always warm and you could dance in the rain, pick grapes right off the vines, and sleep outside at night under the stars.

Living there [Horse Mesa] was like living in a natural cathedral. Waking up every morning, you walked outside and looked down at the blue lake, then up at the sandstone cliffs--those awe-inspiring layers of red and yellow rock shaped over the millennia, with dozens of black-streaked crevices that temporarily became waterfalls after rainstorms.

That was the thing to remember about all monsters, They love to frighten people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run.

Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.