What if I was! That’s my point. What if I was a bit overweight and not especially pretty? Why is that so terrible? So disgusting? Why is that the end of the world?

None of us ever know all the possible courses our lives could have and maybe should have taken. It's probably just as well. Some secrets are meant to stay secret forever. Just ask Pandora.

Happy endings always made her cry. It was the relief.

Those we love don't go away, they sit beside us every day.

If parents had children who were good sleepers, they assumed this was due to their good parenting, not good luck.

Marriage was a form of insanity; love hovering permanently on the edge of aggravation.

Then he kissed her so deeply and so completely that she felt like she was falling, floating, spiraling down, down, down, like Alice in Wonderland.