At some point people either had to throw off the wounds of their childhood or go through life permanently crippled

Try to live with a generous heart. Doing anything else is too hard.

...Any fool can love somebody who's perfect, somebody who does everything right. But that doesn't stretch your soul. Your soul only gets stretched when you can still love somebody after they've hurt you.

Something snapped inside her. “Of course I’m afraid! Relationships do bad things to me.” He started to respond, but the pain had gone on long enough, and she didn’t want to hear it. “You know what I want? I want peace. I want a good job and a decent place to live. I want to read books and listen to music and have time to make some female friendships that are going to last. When I wake up in the morning, I want to know that I have a decent shot at being happy. And here’s what’s really sad. Until I met you, I was almost there.

What are you gonna do, angel face? Stab me with your eyebrow pencil?

Something brushed his leg, and he gazed down into the face of Pippi Tucker. The theme from Jaws raced through his head.

I take thee... to be my awful wedded husband