Do I look like a mess?” she asked. He nodded. “But you’re my mess,” he whispered.

She was petite, small in that way that made a man want to slay dragons.

You always get more respect when you don't have a happy ending.

Society is capricious and rewards the bad as often as the good. But it never rewards the quiet.

I had to do something," she said. "I couldn't just sit and wait for life to happen to me any longer.

I vow to spend the rest of my life keeping your hands and feet warm.

I don't know whether to toss you through that window or shake your hand and say 'Well done'" Henry said in a tired voice.

sometimes there are reasons for our fears that we can’t quite explain. Sometimes it’s just something we feel in our bones, something we know to be true, but would sound foolish to anyone else.

She hated that she was still so desperate for a glimpse of him, but it had been this way for years.

James - "Are you paying attention or just trying to make me look like an idoit?" Elizabeth - "Oh, I'm definately paying attention. If you look like an idiot it has nothing to do with me.

Sometimes Hen...I think I would give my life just for one of your smiles.

No one knows anything, really. It's all rented, or borrowed.

To integrate one’s experiences around a coherent and enduring sense of self lies at the core of creating a user’s guide to life.

The worst sin-perhaps the only sin- passion can commit is to be joyless.

I failed at the biggest things there are in life. I failed in my health, I failed in my marriage, I failed in everything, and I've picked myself up and gone on.

I do come from a strong family.

The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place.

I want to block some common misunderstandings about "understanding": In many of these discussions one finds a lot of fancy footwork about the word "understanding."

Those who are content suffer no disgrace.

AI will make love my greatest weapon and none on whom I call can defend against its force.

My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man.