“she: Before we got married you told me you were well-off. he: I was and I didn't know it.”

“Diets are for people who are thick and tired of it.”

“Marriage is like a violin. After the beautiful music is over the strings are still attached.”

“The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a male is when he's a baby.”

“There's another advantage in being poor. The doctor will cure you faster.”

“Father reading report card: One thing in your favor - with these grades you couldn't possibly be cheating.”

“Like almost all girls I don't know the date of my birth: my parents did not trouble to record the day and the time. I only know the year and the season, and I only know the season because my mother...”

“Birthday is a sacred-life celebration.”

“But I get it; it's a way to mark time. When your life's too busy, it forces you to check in with yourself. Or when it feels all the same all the time, maybe it can make you feel special.”

“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.”