But why, she thought wryly, did a man seem more attractive as he became less available? How humbling to think one had so much in common with a cow stretching its neck through a gate for better grass.

Life is a good deal more comfortable if one doesn't expect it to be fair.

What one loves in childhood stays in the heart forever.

You don't have to be crazy to be a writer, but it certainly does help

Like cats and ice cream, showers were among life's simple, uncomplicated pleasures.

Enigmatic - the quality of keeping silent and making people wonder if one is stupid rather than opening one's mouth and removing all doubt.

[On New York City:] From a dating point of view, it's like a really large rummage sale - lots of strange items, but darned little that you'd want to take home.