I never thought meeting you would be this boring. I thought we'd put our Italian emotion into gear and scream the place down. I never expected indifference.

Promise me you'll never stop dreaming.

Simple dreams are the hardest to come true

God knows what possessed me, but having that science book in my hand propelled me to immediate action. So I hit her with it.

Fifteen minutes later I was an expert. That's all you need. I think I was even getting the upper hand, which is very simple with a guy. Anything seems to turn them on.

Josie, life is not a Mills and Boon book. People fall out of love. People disappoint other people and they find it very hard to forgive.

And we all end up where we started

It's all rather political, mourning is.

A different Australia emerged in the 1950s. A multicultural one, and 30 years on we're still trying to fit in as ethnics and we're still trying to fit the ethnics in as Australians.

Mama says that satisfaction isn't what I should search for. Respect is. Respect?I detest that word. Probably because in this world you have to respect the wrong people for the wrong reasons.

I'm scared to die, " I whispered as Michael walked in."He was scared to live, " he said kissing my forehead.

It shouldn't take a life-changing event to spark change in your life.

It's not what we can do that makes us great, but what we can do but don't which make us great

Building a relationship is rare..' Make the commitment wholeheartedly. Just do it and do it for both of you. Love doesn't have to be perfect, but it needs to be true.

A few fires flickered, plumes of dark smoke marring the ruby sky.

The family unit is the most important organization in time or in eternity.

What an age do we live in, when 'tis a miracle if in ten couples that are married, two of them live so as not to publish to the world that they cannot agree.

Not why the addiction, but why the pain.

That's the beauty and the terror of being human beings: We just have these symbolic languages, these dreams, and that's all it ever is.

My love life doesn't stink; it's nonexistent.

No more pronouncements on lousy verse. No more hidden competition. No more struggling not to be a square.