Life used to move much more quickly when I was a girl. We needed to abbreviate just to keep up.

...lies can sound awfully pretty when a girl is in love with the person telling them.

I did learn something about insanity while I was down there. People go crazy, not because they are crazy, but because it's the best available option at the time.

Tragedy is when someone ends up dead. Everything else is just a bump in the road. For the record, that was something Daddy used to say.

There's a difference between being alive and living.

My life is in these books, he wants to tell her. Read these and know my heart.

Daddy used to say that calling a person a romantic was just another way of saying he or she acted without regard for conseqences.

On the board, Mr. Beery had written "Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it." I wasn't sure if this was meant to be inspirational, thematic, or a joke about making sure to study.

Tragedy is when someone ends up dead.Everything else is just a bump in the road.

Destiny is manifested only through action.

Sleepwalking is the perfect exorcise for lazy people

I'm not looking for things to be even between us, Brooke, " Ryan said after a moment. "I'm looking for them to be right.

Living for Christ is a day-to-day going on with Him. It is a continuous dependence upon the Spirit of God. It is believing in His faithfulness.

We are all one body, we are all one.

Things don't happen to us. They happen for us.

I never felt at home in London, because people were constantly telling me I didn't belong here, so after a while, you tend to believe that.

Govern wisely, and as little as possible

Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.

I love sports, as all Bostonians seem to. I love books and movies, as all writers seem to.