“Platypus? I thought it was pronounced platymapus. Has it always been pronounced platypus?”

“People always say that pregnant women have a glow. And I say it's because you're sweating to death.”

“My family is my life, and I'll never lose that.”

“It's not fair that women look in the mirror and feel disgust because of what society has made them believe.”

“Motherhood is a dream. It really is absolutely amazing.”

“I think Angelina Jolie has done amazing, amazing things, and the international adoption rate just since her has skyrocketed. It's unbelievable.”

“The land of easy mathematics where he who works adds up and he who retires subtracts.”

“At the age of 45, most days in Tucson were spent feeling like I was on the summit of Mauna Kea, as I was exhibiting debilitating health symptoms that corresponded to what I saw at very high altitud...”

“The hour is only long thus, if you've waited.”

“I finally know the difference between pleasing and loving, obeying and respecting. It has taken me so many years to be okay with being different, and with being this alive, this intense. (xxvi)”

“Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence.Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance.Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence.Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.”

“Birthdays could be such a bummer when you were older than the country you lived in.”