The Cinderella Pact

Jim’s been married twice already. He wouldn’t jump from the frying pan into the fire, as he says, if the fire weren’t so damn hot.

This is why I love life. You come for the love, you stay for the irony.

Get a hold of yourself, Nola. It is my inner voice thats sounds suspiciously like my mother's.

This is going to sound very L.A., Nola, but sometimes the fat that does the most harm is the fat between our ears.

– Rosie O’Grady used to say, « Never be a judge and jury without sitting through the whole trial. »

(…) in Eileen’s mind, reading is something people were forced to do in olden days until TV was invented.

While there I noticed a two-for-one sale on Droste 80 percent dark chocolate, which as we all know now, prevents heart disease and cancer and so many life-threatening illnesses. Being very health conscious I bought two and ate both for the sake of cancer prevention.

He's a slick gray cat. Untrustworthy and possibly criminally insane. I'm not sure of this, as I don't know many kitty psychologists who would be willing to be alone with him in a room to perform a diagnosis.

Besides, dessert didn't really appeal to me. Like the saying goes, nothing tastes as good as thin feels.

He swears that I can avoid all sorts of problems, cancer, heart disease, bad skin, an unpleasant personality, by drinking tons of water.