It was inevitable, of course, but somehow it didn't seem right to Alex that they would never remember the sound of Carly's laughter, or know how deeply she'd once loved them.

Everyone has a past, but that's just it--it's in the past. You can learn from it, but you can't change it.

The emotions attached to them were like sand castles in the tide, slowly washing out to sea.

...nothing wonderful lasted forever. Joy was as fleeting as a shooting star that crossed the evening sky, ready to blink out at any moment.

That's the thing about life. A lot of the time, it isn't easy at all. We just have to try to make the best of it.

I've come to believe that in everyone's life, there's one undeniable moment of change, a set of circumstances that suddenly alters everything.

She wasnt exactly sure when it happened. Or even when it started. All she knew for sure was that right here and now, she was falling hard and she could only pray that he was feeling the same way.

Love doesn't mean anything if you're not willing to make a commitment, and you have to think not only about what you want, but about what he wants. Not just now, but in the future.

That's what courage is. If she weren't scared, she wouldn't need courage in the first place." -Jo

Deep in her heart, she wasn't sure she deserved to be happy, nor did she believe that she was worthy of someone who seemed...normal.

He thought of her often, and he missed the companionship they'd once shared and the friendship that had been the bedrock of their marriage at its best.

Nature was beautiful in a way he'd never imagined, but this...this was life.

A personal revolution is the consequence of confronting self - as is.

The creative person should have no other biography than his works.

The first inkling my husband had that I was thinking about suicide was when he checked my blog.

I am never going to sound like Johnny Mathis.

The mind's only perfect vassal.

I thought if Oasis could get away with sounding like The Beatles, I could get away with sounding like Abba.

The biggest turn-off for me is people who think the world of themselves. Arrogance is not a sexy quality, and it really gets on my nerves.

Birds evolved from a small raptor like theropod.

Then with the losers let it sympathize, For nothing can seem foul to those that win.