A 'T' for Tess, a 'T' for Toby.

If there is one thing worse than self-pity, it was other people's pity.

I may have been buzzed last night, but I remember everything. I can't promise you that I won't want to drive you home, or kiss you like crazy again. Because I will. I do.

So if I was to choose? Then I choose complicated, ” I said, with a nod of finality. I met his eyes again in a silent challenge.“I choose you.

He looked at me now."Remember I said, 'what if I didn't want to fix your bike?'"I remembered. "Yes...""I didn't want to fix it, because I liked driving you places.

Tess, there isn't a drunken, screaming netballer in the world that would have made me not want to ... continue.

Do you want some words of advice, Tess?”I glanced at Adam’s profile as he sipped.“Don’t give your heart away too easily.” He turned to me. “Make him earn it.

Just be careful, hon, ” Rosanna said.“Oh, are the plates hot?” I flinched back just before my hands made contact.Rosanna laughed. “No, but hot boys can burn you just as easily.

When you knock off work tonight, go looking for Toby, because, trust me, he will be looking for you.

Well, if they set you in the kissing booth, let me know, I am always willing to donate for a worthy cause.

Tess, will you marry me?" Toby laughed.

One of the greatest things drama can do, at it's best, is to redefine the words we use every day such as love, home, family, loyalty and envy. Tragedy need not be a downer.

The truths that are found in the Bible are universal truths. And it shapes who you are and guides you throughout your life.

O God, if there is a God, forgive him his sins, if there is such a thing as sin.

Pray that I would keep my focus on the Lord, no matter what.

The politeness was painful. I wanted to push through it, to return to the glow of the night of the concert, but I was unsure of how to get back there.

Robert Rauschenberg was not a giant of American art; he was the giant. No American created so many aesthetic openings for so many artists.

A weathered skeleton in windy fields of memory, piercing like a knife.

The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool.

They stayed away in droves.