"I don't want my wife to sleep with anyone but me, and I want to give her the same respect."

“I lay down on the bed clasping the pictures and buried my face in the pillow in a vain attempt at silencing my sobs. But it was as if all my life's accumulated grief had finally found an outlet and was allowed to take its course. I screamed, I cried, until the grief became bearable. (174)”

Source : Linda Olsson (2009). “Sonata for Miriam: A Novel”, p.114, Penguin

“Nebraskans are known for giving of themselves and that quality is part of what makes our state such a wonderful place to live, work and raise a family.”

“The whole creative process...is putting opposites together into something that wasn't there before.”

“There better not be a God because I'll be in big trouble.”

Source : Patricia Marx (2008). “Him Her Him Again The End of Him”, p.101, Simon and Schuster

“One of things so bad about depression and bipolar disorder is that if you don't have prior awareness, you don't have any idea what hit you.”

“Your life doesn't mean what you have or what you get. Its what your'e willing to give up.”

“We ought to have more people who believe in constitutionall y limited government. We have to have more people come to Congress with that mindset. I think we can make this a better place, if, when elections happen, we support candidates who share that philosophy.”

“I'm not a career woman.”