It is well known that a man, when wooing a lady to be his wife, must first win over the females she most confides in—her friends, of course, and her sister, if she has one.

Heart-stopping envy is the sincerest form of flattery.

I've always believed in savoring the moments. In the end, they are the only things we'll have.

It's the craziest thing, but I can't stop thinking about you.

As she always did on any really important day, Penelope Hayes wore red.

There was no pleasure like being envied on a mass scale.

Diana felt she was beginning to understand why, in all those novels she read, the headiest loves were the loves that couldn't be.

Already she could feel the stunning weight of a lifetime of regret for letting him go, and she knew that it was enought to bury her alive.

Don't go looking for boys in the darkThey will say pretty things thenleave you with scars.Do go looking for boys in the parkFor that is where the true gentlemen are.

The first stab of love is like a sunset, a blaze of color -- oranges, pearly pinks, vibrant purples...

Do not go looking for boys in the dark They will say pretty things then leave you with scars. Do go looking for boys in the park For that is where the true gentlemen are.

Creation and destruction are the two ends of the same moment. And everything between the creation and the next destruction is the journey of life.

I was beginning to think that Simon just had a bad case of OCD, ADD, and PMS. With a little BS and OMG mixed in.

The study of modern mindfulness meditation and emotional intelligence is deeply rooted in the ancient Vipassana meditation techniques.

Being a mom changes your life. It actually has made me become more comfortable in my own skin and my own body because it's such a growth and a learning lesson.

We are like the birds. We adapt. We sing.

It's the prettiest place on the planet. My childhood was like a dream. It's like the last Mayberry.

Sara held up a hand. 'How exactly did you "decline" his offer?' 'By slitting his throat.

I don't publish the books to make money, not at all.

Depression is to me as daffodils were to Wordsworth.

These passions of soul, these conflicts so fierce, will cease, and be repressed by the casting of a little dust.