You can never be truly happy in a life unless you have known a sorrow. All terrible things we have gone through in life have created spaces inside us where happiness can live Not to mention love.

I suppose now I'm obliged to wish you happiness in your new life. Although happiness in the absence of indoor plumbing is a debatable concept.

He stared at me with bitter understanding. We both knew there was no room in this for friendship. Nothing left but childhood history.

Baptists don’t spend their time thinking about reality.

Great men don't nessarily make good husbands.

I was a new person in the same world, which was a lot more difficult than being the same person in a new world.

Some are nice and some aren't. Some are smart, and others are about as bright as a wet match in a dark cave. In other words, pretty normal.