Quotes from Terry McMillan

They learned the hard way that you can't save nobody who ain't interested in being saved.

I've got tons of irreplaceable information inside the soul of this computer.

Their young live were over, too, except they had to die everyday while still breathing.

They're bored with their boring husbands who are workaholics like my dad. They're bored with their boring lives, sick of us kids and all this puberty and rebelling, so they pop pills all day long and shop and watch the soaps, and then when it all starts to fall apart they realize they just want to be happy again, so they go to rehab to clean up their act and then start fresh. Can you relate?

Over the years it became clear that sometimes you fall in love only to realize you don't even like the person.

I also discovered that you can get used to a man , much like you do a household pet!

Gay is the new straight, in case you haven't noticed.

Okay, so I lied about my age. Everybody does.

Because after my marriage fell apart I felt like an empty parking space, and James just pulled into it.

It's not that marriage itself is bad; it's the people we marry who give it a bad name.

Sometimes you have to step outside of yourself in order to see inside.

If it works, I'll be happy for you. If it doesn't, I'll be here for you.

It is clear to me right this minute that regret is just a wasted emotion.

It now seems obvious that the way we're raised has a major impact on what kind of person we turn out to be, but so does who we love.

A GRUDGE IS A HEAVY THING TO CARRY.

As I watched, I was wondering how many of them were suffering from something, trying to recover from something. How many of them had lost a loved one or were suffering from a broken heart? How many of them were worried about a loved one? A child. A parent. A friend.

Always listen to the parent who doesn't like who you love. They can smell a mistake. Of course, you don't find this out until you realize that the person you fell in love with is different from the person you married. Some men are good at fooling you.

Nobody should have to hide who they are inside to please people on the outside.

So are you happy? he asks. I hate it when anyone asks me that. It's such a loaded fucking question. Are they talking aggregate years? Doesn't it depend on the day, the moment? Or are they referring to last year or last month?

Most women are amazing. They just need to be with someone who makes it easy for them to express it. I think it's called respect.

I thought you said you were trying to quit swearing! Go to hell, Paulette. I will. As soon as I can have a whole week where no crazy or ridiculous or unbelievable shi*t happens an my mind is calm long enough to remember how to think.

Yeah, well all I can say is that a half truth is a still a while lie, ain't it...

I pray for my mother. That if she can't ever recover what she's lost or what she's losing, that she not feel like she's lost. I pray that we make her feel necessary and valued as long as possible. That she comes to know comfort, even if I can't provide it myself.

What it takes is real hard work. Ain't nobody gon' give you nothing in this world unless you work for it.