Mrs. Charlotte Phelan's Guide to Husband-Hunting, Rule Number One: a pretty, petite girl should accentuate with makeup and good posture. A tall plain one, with a trust fund.

I reckon that’s the risk you run, letting somebody else raise you chilluns.

Only three things them ladies talk about: they kids, they clothes, and they friends. I hear the word Kennedy, I know they ain’t discussing no politic. They talking about what Miss Jackie done wore on the tee-vee.

Great books give you a feeling that you miss all day, until you finally get to crawl back inside those pages again.

I always thought insanity would be a dark, bitter feeling, but it is drenching and delicious if you really roll around in it.

You is kind. You is smart. You is important.

Rich folk don't try so hard