What makes a family is neither the absence of tragedy nor the ability to hide from misfortune, but the courage to overcome it and, from that broken past, write a new beginning.

Listen, listen with your eyes, and your lips.Listen with your skin, and your blood.Can you hear us, at the edges?

...but he is a man, hence cannot see how tiresome it is to have explained at length what one has already fully understood.

I am hard at work on the second draft ... Second draft is really a misnomer as there are a gazillion revisions, large and small, that go into the writing of a book.

People who wear G-strings suffer from indecision.

I love dress shopping, and I love talking about the wedding food. That's what makes me happy. If you tell me to do a guest list, I cry. I hate it.

If the British are a nation of shopkeepers, Americans are a nation of shoppers.

The ultimate test ... to see the good in evil and the evil in good.

Houses are full of things that gather dust

Changing our decision sets up a bad habit. It reinforces decision-making as an expression of bewilderment and ignorance, instead of wisdom and freedom.

There's no need to fear, Underdog is here!