If loneliness was a choice, what was the other option? To settle for second-best and try to be happy with that? And was that fair to the person you settled for?

... I discovered life sometimes has a way of giving you what you need, but not in the form you expect.

Most men don't seem to get that telling a pissed-off woman to calm down is like throwing gunpowder on a fire.” ~ Liberty Jones

A couple of times in your life, it happens like that. You meet a stranger, and all you know is that you need to know everything about him.

Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time possible.

Sometimes a woman needs a man for company, no matter how useless he is.

Shock is a merciful condition. It allows you to get through disaster with a necessary distance between you and your feelings.

Asking an eight-year-old girl if something is a little over-the-top is like asking a Texan if there are too many jalapenos in the salsa. The answer is always no." -Liberty Jones

Opening up to the wrong person is like putting ammo in their hands.

You have to rely on whatever sparks you have inside.

His kisses tapped into deep mines of memory, and the years that had separated us fell away as if they were nothing.

I am not a normal person. I am living in a normal body, but my mind is not normal.

She was fluent in four languages and yet her fists against the rusted hood were the fullest articulation of her defeat.

I like golf, hiking, camping, boating and fishing.

Any story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story.

A good scientific theory should be explicable to a barmaid.

Family is always first.

Oh, no doubt the cod is a splendid swimmer - admirable for swimming purposes but not for eating.

It's weird that you have to work really, really hard just to be real or normal. Everybody's got their different techniques, but what makes a really good actor is somebody who's really believable.

A career in entertainment has a lifespan, like one in sport.

I don't think Stoppardian has a precise definition.