She personified her name in everything she did. Even when we would row, her words were deftly chosen and spoken rather like an intricate dance. And I so loved to dance with her.

Well we can't be having that. One person starts having fun and it turns into an epidemic. Difficult to stop that kind of thing, you know.

The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt, but in spite of doubt. (p. 21)

Very gently. Like there are eggshells on your pedals, and you don’t want to break them. That’s how you drive in the rain.

In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers.

Your childhood hunger is the one that never leaves you.

A person who has power doesn't seek to challenge others, their battles are within.

No one can save you, no one but your very reason! Therefore, improve your reason!

I've been involved with Shrek for eleven years, so you'd better like Shrek if you're going to be involved with it for eleven years. I do, I like it a great deal, so I enjoy it.

Planned Parenthood, we're going to get rid of that.

There must be a better reason to have a baby than to provide a plot point in a rom-com. Don't you think?

Dissembling courtesy! How fine this tyrant can trickle when she wounds!