I wouldn't mind being a track and field coach.

I learnt how to hunt rattlesnakes with an eagle for Serena.

You got one choice at the beginning but if you didn't choose right, things got narrow real quick.

Others can make us vulnerable and the sooner such vulnerabilities are dealt with the better

One thing's sure and nothing surer. The rich get richer and the poor get- children

A small profit is better than a big loss.

She realized that being starved for words was the same as being starved for food, because both left a hollow place inside you, a place you needed filled to make it through another day. Rachel remembered how growing up she’d thought living on a farm with just a father was as lonely as you could be. (130)