I know he's a good baby... but the challenge is to raise him into a good boy, then a good man.

It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon.

The air around her was cool lately, as if she were creating a vacuum with her unhappiness.

Sometimes it's difficult to tell what side of the moral compass we are all on. There are so many things to factor in.

There's not a lot I can fix for her anymore. Band-Aid and bedtime story days are almost over. This, I can fix with a simple Welcome.

People like us will never really understand, Evanelle said. We fell in love with the men we were supposed to be with right off the bat. But women with broken hearts, they change.

Motherhood is hard enough without judgement from others who don't know the whole story.

Motherhood, true motherhood, was what went on when no one else could see.

She did know that it's remarkably easy to fall in love with someone who is already in love with you. It's a little like falling in love with yourself.

Some of Bay's fondest memories were of lying under the apple tree in the summer while Claire gardened and the apple tree tossed apples at her like a dog trying to coax its owner into playing catch.

At the mercy of grace

My mom is very confident and she was always a role model of mine.

If I hadn't been a woman, I'd be a drag queen for sure. I like all that flair and I'd be dressing up in them high heels and putting on the big hair. I'd be like Ru Paul.

The applause we give those who are new to society often proceeds from a secret envying of those already established.

Being up front is the only place to be.

I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that, we wouldn't be here today.

In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated.

Leave your comfortable life and go in search of your kingdom.

As you craft a plan to expand to adjacent markets, don't disrupt: Avoid competition as much as possible.