The truth is, I could no more dictate her nature than she could dictate mine. Kinsey's happy as she is and she doesn't need to be rescued, improved, or saved.

Kinsey was never a lawyer. She's strictly blue collar.

Books are like movies of the mind and it's better to leave Kinsey where she is.

The cold hard truth will fall on stony ground, whereas your all-around trashy rumor will flourish like a weed.

I know there are people who believe you should forgive and forget. For the record, I'd like to say I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I'm given the opportunity to get even first.

You can’t save others from themselves because those who make a perpetual muddle of their lives don’t appreciate your interfering with the drama they’ve created. They want your poor-sweet-baby sympathy, but they don’t want to change.