Two things Florida can teach the other 49 states: how to make a good margarita and how to deal with the aftermath of a hurricane.

No taxation without respiration.

The difference between congressmen and drunken sailors is that drunken sailors are spending their own money.

We look at each other a second. " I'm tired of the rules, " I say. Aibileen chuckles and looks out the window. I realise how thin this revelation must sound to her.

Leaving home's a cinch. It's the staying, once you've found it, that takes courage.

If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces the necessity of avoiding degeneracy

One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.

The point of acting is to pretend you're someone else and sell a story.

My preference is swimming in the sea. I find the sea is more liberating, wild and good fun rather than plodding up and down a pool.

Just a word of advice. Whenever you're furious with your parents or you think they're terrible, just remember, you vomited on them and they kept you.

Most women at retirement have significantly less money than men, and they still get paid less than men. I'm sure that in my reptile brain I'm quite conscious of this.

A horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.

Recess and lunch are the best.