I see lots of differences between Australians and Americans - but as mothers, I think were pretty much alike!

Falling in love was easy.anyone could fall. It was holding on that was tricky

Those we love don't go away, they sit beside us every day.

All conflict can be traced back to someone's feelings getting hurt, don't you think?

You’ve been here before. It won’t kill you. It feels like you can’t breathe, but you actually are breathing. It feels like you’ll never stop crying, but you actually will.

But maybe every life looked wonderful if all you saw was the photo albums.

None of us ever know all the possible courses our lives could have and maybe should have taken. It's probably just as well. Some secrets are meant to stay secret forever. Just ask Pandora.

All these years there had been a Tupperware container of bad language in her head, and now she opened it and all those crisp, crunchy words were fresh and lovely, ready to be used.

Some secrets are meant to stay secret forever.

Just because a marriage ended didn't mean that it hadn't been happy at times.

Perhaps nothing was ever “meant to be.” There was just life, and right now, and doing your best. Being a bit “bendy.

And Marianne, who had the knack of finding her way in every house to the library, however it might be avoided by the family in general, soon procured herself a book.

She was the curator of her marriage, collector of swift quotes and unremarked-upon sensations.

I always thought communism was crap, really.

There's no art where there's no fee.

You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper

Everybody's old enough for a beer, ain't that right, Mule?

Remember That No Matter How Cool You Think You May Be, You Are Not Cool Enough To Look Down On Any One...Ever.

Every moment, the sunlight is totally empty and totally full.

It is not possible to control all external events; But, if I simply control my mind what need is there to control other things?

I'm supposed to make people cry, but not by manipulating.