If it is possible to die of grief then why on earth can't someone be healed by happiness?

She's not classically beautiful, but somehow that only makes her more interesting.

Sometimes you can see things happen right in front of your eyes and still jump to the wrong conclusions.

I close my eyes, thinking that there is nothing like an embrace after an absence, nothing like fitting my face into the curve of his shoulder and filling my lungs with the scent of him.

My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a family isn't a social construct but an instinct.

This is love, I think. A place where people who have been alone may lock together like hawks and spin in the air, dizzy with surprise at the connection. A place you go willingly, and with wonder

I wonder if other mothers feel a tug at their insides, watching their children grow up into the people they themselves wanted so badly to be.

I don't think we get a choice in who we fall for, " Ian whispers. "I think we just do.

Objection!" Metz shouts.Grounds?" the judge asks.Well...he's my witness!

Children are supposed to go to school, play on swing sets, skin their knees.

You can believe something really hard, ' Faith says, 'and still be wrong.

Just as much as you cannot stop growing feelings for a certain man, there’s no switch to turn off your heart.

The more we read, the better we are informed.

To expect life to treat you good is foolish as hoping a bull won't hit you because you are a vegetarian.

...when she wakes up, there is silence, as though the day has held its breath.

Medicine is a very tough thing. I mean, everyone is going to die. Sooner or later. That's a tough thing to face.

The worlds in which we live at heart are one, The world "I am," the fruit of "I have done"; And underneath these worlds of flower and fruit, The world "I love,"--the only living root.

In New England enslaved people had the right to sue for wrongful enslavement.

Your task is to stand straight; not to be held straight.

There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible.