"One night some short weeks ago, for the first time in her not always happy life, Marilyn Monroe's soul sat down alone to a quiet supper from which it did not rise."

"Cooking, decorating, diet/self-help and gardening books are guilty pleasures and useful time fillers."

"You will suffer, son of Hades!’ What else is new? Nico thought."

"Nobody minds having what is too good for them."

"Angry people are not always wise."

"It's such a happiness when good people get together."