Because being comfortable meant she might lower her guard, and she could not let that happen.

Everyone has a past, but that's just it--it's in the past. You can learn from it, but you can't change it.

The emotions attached to them were like sand castles in the tide, slowly washing out to sea.

...nothing wonderful lasted forever. Joy was as fleeting as a shooting star that crossed the evening sky, ready to blink out at any moment.

That's the thing about life. A lot of the time, it isn't easy at all. We just have to try to make the best of it.

I've come to believe that in everyone's life, there's one undeniable moment of change, a set of circumstances that suddenly alters everything.

She wasnt exactly sure when it happened. Or even when it started. All she knew for sure was that right here and now, she was falling hard and she could only pray that he was feeling the same way.

Love doesn't mean anything if you're not willing to make a commitment, and you have to think not only about what you want, but about what he wants. Not just now, but in the future.

That's what courage is. If she weren't scared, she wouldn't need courage in the first place." -Jo

Deep in her heart, she wasn't sure she deserved to be happy, nor did she believe that she was worthy of someone who seemed...normal.

He thought of her often, and he missed the companionship they'd once shared and the friendship that had been the bedrock of their marriage at its best.

Logic is not a sure enough defense against moral bankruptcy.

There can't be that many individual souls. Not souls like mine. There isn't room. There can't be.

There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors and no slave who has not had a king among his.

Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern.

Guns don't kill people, people kill people, and monkeys do too (if they have a gun).

Information consists of differences that make a difference.

The trick is to love somebody.... If you love one person, you see everybody else differently.

Don't know much, but I know I love you.

Women are all female impersonators to some degree.