Olivia: You didn't even know I was there! Harry: Excuse me, yes I did.

She was petite, small in that way that made a man want to slay dragons.

You always get more respect when you don't have a happy ending.

Society is capricious and rewards the bad as often as the good. But it never rewards the quiet.

I had to do something," she said. "I couldn't just sit and wait for life to happen to me any longer.

I vow to spend the rest of my life keeping your hands and feet warm.

I don't know whether to toss you through that window or shake your hand and say 'Well done'" Henry said in a tired voice.

sometimes there are reasons for our fears that we can’t quite explain. Sometimes it’s just something we feel in our bones, something we know to be true, but would sound foolish to anyone else.

She hated that she was still so desperate for a glimpse of him, but it had been this way for years.

James - "Are you paying attention or just trying to make me look like an idoit?" Elizabeth - "Oh, I'm definately paying attention. If you look like an idiot it has nothing to do with me.

Sometimes Hen...I think I would give my life just for one of your smiles.

For those who want to believe, no proof is ever required. For those who refuse to believe, no proof is ever enough.

Forgiveness in no way requires you to trust the one you forgive. It doesn't mean the relationship must be restored. p. 61

I can't say I ever remember getting less than a whole child in my 29 years here.They come in whole and I teach 'em that way.

Some of our children are our justifications and some are but our regrets.

I loved Frank [O'Connor], he was wonderful...just don't get on his bad side. I don't think I would have wanted to marry him, but I probably should have since I married idiots anyway.

If you want the Divine to become alive within you, first of all you as a human being have to become absolutely alive.

Accomplishments have no color.

I saw my bulky person in the windows of the passing storefronts and wondered, when will that man there find himself to be loved?

A good teacher does not get lost in the details, but points to what is essential so that the child or student can find meaning and joy in life.

Mental inertia is death.