Because,” he said quietly as she stood up, “until you walked into it, this was an ordinary garden.” Puzzled, Elizabeth tipped her head. “What is it now?” “Heaven.

You can't live your life to suit other people. The harder you try, the more restrictions they'll put on you just for the fun of seeing you jump through their hoops.

You will soon discover that in matters of the heart, memories are much kinder than reality

Listen to your instincts and ignore everything else.

Why did happy memories fade and blur until one could scarcely recall them at all, while horrible memories seemed to retain their blinding clarity and painful sharpness?

Some people feel love in their hearts, Julie. Some of us feel it all way into our souls. We're the ones who can't forget.

Everything wrong I've ever done has always seemed like the right thing to do at the time.

True beauty springs from the heart and dwells in the eyes.

Looking at you has been my favorite pastime from the moment you asked me to describe your face," he said solemnly, looking straight into her eyes.

How foolish to yearn to ask the very person who'd caused the pain to heal it

The groom always smiles proudly because he's convinced he's accomplished something quite wonderful. The bride smiles because she's been able to convince him of it.

Only learning oneself better, and understanding one’s place in the world, made the touch of another mundane.

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

I'll never pay above the odds for something if there's a more cost-effective alternative, so I guess that's where the saver in me shines through.

A culture is the sum of all the things about which humanity can choose to differ.

If you say you've had a nervous breakdown or things aren't right mentally, people run away from you. They think you're from 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest,' you know.

I use an 8 x 10 view camera. All other cameras are just toys.

My mother loved Gene Wilder when I was growing up, so I used to watch all his movies with her. I just adore him.

I did surveillance a lot, which sounds exciting, but it never was.

Prayer is the conduit through which power from heaven is brought to earth.

You liberals are going to have to understand something: I'm not the one that wants to put limits on anybody. You people are.