The worst, the very worst requirement of friendship, in Eve Dallas's opinion, was sitting through an entire evening of childbirth classes. What went on there--the sights, the sounds, the assault on all the senses--turned the blood cold.

I generally write a first draft that's pretty lean. Just get the story down.

Anything worth anything can be found in books.

Didn't people consider what could happen if armies of farm animals united in revolt?

Love didn't run on logic. It didn't follow neat lines or a list of priorities.

You are wise as well as short." "I can also break bricks with my bare hands." "That's a handy skill if you ever find yourself walled up in the basement of an abandoned house by a psychopath.

Happy Fuller: Somehow you always love in a special way the one who gives you the most grief.