“I started life with two great advantages: no money, and good parents.”

“I love to see two truths at the same time. Every good comparison gives the mind this advantage.”

“It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.”

“I began to experience the most powerful advantage of money: the ability to think of things besides money.”

“The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.”

“Love is the greatest advantage a parent can give.”

“I'd like to have money. And I'd like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that's too adorable, I'd rather have money.”

“I started this book to forgive my parents and ended it by becoming a parent. Understanding backward liberated me to live forward.”

“My parents, in their 40s, moved to a different country, started a business, bought a house, didn't speak the language, raised two kids - it's kind of amazing.”

“It was a bitter moment for us. We weren't two mature parents. We were just two kids playing grown-up. We still needed Mommy and Daddy's permission, blessings, and money to survive.”