Good fortune can take forever to get to you, but as it turns out, sorrow is as quick as a shot.

My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances

Others said May was best, that sweet green time when lilacs bloomed and gardens along Main Street were filled with sugary pink peonies and Dutch tulips.

It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world.

Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back.

I wonder how a lioness will manage in a dovecote. Can you put away your teeth and claws?

The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be.

Once you know some things, you can't unknow them. It's a burden that can never be given away.

This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed.

No one knows you like a person with whom you've shared a childhood. No one will ever understand you in quite the same way.

The evening had turned sweet and blue.

That’s the thing about pain, it demands to be felt.

I am fully persuaded to pursue my passion.

Confidence came from people. I think I'm very confident in me, as a human being.

The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.

Sometimes you have a noisy neighbour. You cannot do anything about that. They will always be noisy. You just have to get on with your life, put your television on and turn it up a bit louder.

I cannot believe any man can be perfectly well in body, who has much labor of the mind to perform.

Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.

No matter what class you're from - uptown or downtown - when you're in the dancehall everyone's equal, and it's how you choose to express yourself that makes you stand out.

If I could do it over, I'd do better.

Sexuality is pushed back more and more and people try to replace what they've lost with other forms of excitement.