Looks fade,' Mom would go on. 'But intelligence lasts forever.

No matter how nice the company one might be with, however, it is never pleasant to have a rifle pointed at one's back.

To achieve self actualization, do good things for other people that you would want to be done onto yourself

anybody can be a princess. all you have todo is have the right parents. it's no harder than being born Paris Hilton, for God's sake. at least you remember to put on underwear in the morning, i'm assuming

This was very exciting. I'd never had two boys get into a fight over me before. The fact that one of the boys was my stepbrother, however, and held about as much romantic appeal for me as Max, the family dog, somewhat dampened my enthusiasm. And Michael wasn't much of a catch, either, when you actually thought about it, being a potential murderer and all. Oh, why did I have to have such a couple of losers fighting over me? Why couldn't Matt Damon and Ben Affleck fight over me? Now that would be truly excellent.

I've never even been to Long Island

It’s so much easier to walk away than it is to have to explain to someone that you never want to see them again.