It’s the people you think you know. That’s who you have to worry about. Because you don’t actually know them. You know the story you tell yourself about who they are. So you can get out of bed in the morning.
Don’t ever let anybody take advantage of you. Make you feel “less than” for all of your hard work. Work. It’s the one thing you can count on. Everything else is fragile.[to Alex]
Why does he get a vote? I read the notebook. He doesn’t get a vote.[to Alex, about Sean]
I am an unlikely candidate for an impulsive and ill-thought-out childcare plan. But you weren’t asking for yourself. You were asking for your daughter.[to Alex]