"A married woman has the same natural right to acquire and hold property, and to make all contracts that she is mentally competent to make reasonably, as has a married man, or any other man."

“[Spiritual friendship] is eagerly helping one another know, serve, love, and resemble God in deeper and deeper ways.”

“But to be part of helping create a character and be a part of something from the beginning - the excitement of it - it doesn't get any better.”

“People like to warn you that by the time you reach the middle of your life, passion will begin to feel like a meal eaten long ago, which you remember with great tenderness.”

Source : Meg Wolitzer (2011). “The Uncoupling: A Novel”, p.8, Penguin

“The biggest ego trip going is getting rid of your ego”

“That’s a divorce. You ever seen a divorce? That’s like her taking not only the furniture and the silverware -- she took the dog, too. (Harvick) didn’t get the animal, I would say.”

“I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take a chance at shooting. Most of us didn’t think that. What we did learn is this — it’s a hostage that’s worth ransoming. And it focuses the Congress on something that must be done.”

Source : "In debt deal, the triumph of the old Washington" by David A. Fahrenthold, Lori Montgomery and Paul Kane, www.washingtonpost.com. August 3, 2011.

“To lose one's objective attitude to a position, nearly always means ruining your game.”

“In truth, I never consider the audience for whom I'm writing. I just write what I want to write.”