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

“Twenty-three is old. It's almost 25, which is like almost mid-20s.”

“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.”

“That's how it is with want. As long as you lack something you yearn for it without cease. if only I could have that one thing, you tell yourself, all my problems would be solved. But once you get i...”

“Alice suspected Paul couldnt really picture his father, just like she couldnt picture Paul when he was away. Maybe that was the case with people you wanted more than was good for you.”

“I want, I dont want.How can one live with such a heart?”

“You don't know me. You know one me, just like I know one you. And you can't know every me, and I can't know every you.”

“When I knew people, I knew me and when I knew me, I knew people.”

“Our spirit knows our purpose, let these en-grained impressions shape our perceptions of who we think we are today.”

“The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.”

“There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything is a miracle.”

“The moral of the tale is, don't live for the approval of others. The real you is here to find out the secret of life, not to satisfy someone else's opinion.”