“One thing that did give me pause for thought, when I told my female fr...” — Allison Pearson Quote

“One thing that did give me pause for thought, when I told my female friends now that I was writing about a 13-year-old girl, without exception they all said, 'I would not go back to being 13 for a million pounds.'”

“I'm interested in the things that might seem slight or amusing but which I feel have a kind of profundity.”

“I've struggled with depression, and the signs that I was falling apart - having heart palpitations at 4 A.M. - were there for a long time before I paid attention. Even when my psychiatrist gave me a questionnaire, I found myself trying to circle the answers that made me seem like I wasn't a wreck. I've since learned to listen to my body.”

“What is special about VOIP is that it's just another thing you can do on the Internet, whereas it is the only thing - or nearly the only thing with the exception of the dial-up modem and fax - that you can do on the public switched telephone network.”

“Look, they ridiculed Jesus Christ, so I'm certainly no exception.”

“There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.”