ISABEL: Sorry I missed my session Monday. DR. RUSH: Would you like to tell me why? ISABEL: I was depressed. DR. RUSH: That's a good reason to come to therapy.

Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular.

I don't mind losing. Losing is like breathing to me.

I'm sorry you're angry is not an apology.

You're a terrible cook, Daniel." "I know," he replied, "But it's the effort that counts." "I hope that's not the slogan for your dental practice.

We are all a mess of contradictions; some of our traits work for us, some against us.

I have a weakness for tough guys who read." - Izzy Spellman

Somebody is always hiding something.

What's her name?" "None of your business." "That can't possibly be her name.

I refuse to have a life partner who spends his days pretending to be on a BBC show.

I'm staying," Henry said, annoyed. "Why?" "Because, if I leave, it would be like abandoning two mentally challenged people in a nuclear waste dump.

Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why.

Optimists are more qualified storytellers.

When a couple came to class together, it meant something else entirely - food as a solution, a diversion, or, occasionally, a playground.

Would you like to feel a calm confidence when you walk into a room full of strangers, knowing that you can start new a conversation with anyone?

There is nothing like daily journalism! Best damn job in the world!

I admire honesty and straightforwardness combined with true femininity.

My sister married a German. He complained he couldn't get a good bagel back home. I said: 'Well, whose fault is that?'

I was in a crazy, private, awesome bubble again, and that's when I started to write.

Work, hard work, intelligent work, and then more work.

It strikes me as odd that the free exercise of religious faith is sometimes treated as a problem, something America is stuck with instead of blessed with.