Embarrassment felt a lot like eating chili peppers. It burned in the back of your throat and there was nothing you could do to make it go away. You just had to take it, suffer from it, until it eased off.

How we see the world changes all the time. It all depends on our mood.

When you're happy for yourself, it fills you. When you're happy for someone else, it pours over.

Sometimes people who had been together for a long time got to imagining that things used to be better, even when they weren't.

Right now everyone is drinking bad wine made of sour grapes and hysteria. Let them drink it, and let them regret it in the morning.

Why were girls in such a hurry to grow up? Agatha would never understand. Childhood was magical. Leaving it behind was a magnificent loss.

Because he knew the best way to get what he wanted was to break down what made us strongest. And our friendships were what made us strong.