My darling, you are indisposed! You must remain abed for the next eight months. Little Buford - ""I am NOT naming our child Buford...

They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite

She had loved him for such a long time, she thought. How was it that she did now know him at all?

wanting what you could not have led to misery and madness

Astriola. That IS demon pox. You had evidence that demon pox existed and you didnt mention it to me! Et tu, Brute!' He rolled up the paper and hit Jem over the head with it.

She had never imagined she had the power to make someone else so happy. And not a magical power, either--a purely human one.

I thought... that we could at least talk about books.

Lies and secrets, Tessa, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.

Jem put the full force of himself into each smile, so that he seemed to be smiling with his eyes, his heart, his whole being.

Being Jem, Tessa reflected, must be a great deal like being the owner of a thouroughbred dog that liked to bite your guests. You had to have a hand on his collar constantly.

You had to know a person well to make them laugh like that.

Don't just hope, dear. Plan and do. Only reserve hope for the things you cannot control.

Whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. (Matthew 21:22)

Like a submarine ejecting ballast, he bobbed to the surface as another sense pulled his eyelids all the way open like roller blinds in the old cartoons.

No one goes on, but what we leave behind keeps us alive for someone else.

The best thing about Berlin was that I got to be surrounded by people who pursue their ideas for themselves.

God would rather give up His son..than give up on us

Not even your love could withhold you from fulfilling your own personal legend.

Man, if I was back home, I'd be swinging with two chicks on my arms.

...Every moment is the right moment.

We can afford to lose money - even a lot of money. But we can't afford to lose reputation - even a shred of reputation.