“Don't leave a piece of jewelry at his house so you can go back and get it later he may be with his real girlfriend.”

“Don't leave a piece of jewelry at his house so you can go back and get it later he may be with his real girlfriend.”

“I never really take shortcuts. I was always one of those people who, instead of cutting across someone's yard on the way home from school, I would go to the end of the block and turn.”

“I wouldn't call myself a shut-in. I have the ability to leave my home; I just choose not to. But because I'm such a homebody, it's important to be surrounded by things I love.”

“My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him.”

“You think in a different way when you don't have any money. The joy of poverty is that you use your imagination to come up with stuff.”

“I like crafts that come out of poverty or necessity. There used to be hobby shops where you'd get your supplies, and then you'd use your imagination.”

“I like to decide the night before Thanksgiving that I'm gonna do it, and I'll see what riff raff is around. Then I get that last-minute surge of energy. But if I had two weeks to plan, sometimes I wish I wasn't doing it. But very seldom does that happen.”

“People who shop in health food stores never look healthy.”

“My mom used to say that Greek Easter was later because then you get stuff cheaper.”

“I have always wanted a bunny and I'll always have a rabbit the rest of my life.”

“I failed first grade, which is my biggest problem. You always feel like a failure, like you're stupid.”