She felt tears slip from beneath her lashes, no matter how she tried to blink them back. Her heart was ablaze. It seemed that her entire life had led to this man, this moment of unexpressed love.

You are your own worst enemy. If you can learn to stop expecting impossible perfection, in yourself and others, you may find the happiness that has always eluded you.

No marriage stays in the same pattern forever. It is both the best feature of marriage and the worst, that it inevitably changes.

The trick was forgetting about what she had lost ...and learning to go on with what she had left.

Beatrix, do you know what happens to girls who ask such naughty questions?”“They’re ravished in haylofts?” she inquired hopefully.

My family has always believed that when we are faced with large and apparently impossible problems, the best solutions are found by the insane people, not the sensible ones.

Take too much time, and time will take you.

... But if I spend [all] my time *reading* about adventures, I won't actually be *having* them.

You thought I was peculiar, ” she said in a muffled voice.His mouth brushed the edge of her ear and settled against her neck. She felt that he was smiling. “Darling love… you are.

Life is not a dress rehearsal. Finding love is all about taking a risk, taking control of your social life, and knowing that you won't waste today because tomorrow is a gift.

I wonderif I should let my hair go greyso my advice will be better.

Stories have a unique power, David. The Inuit believe they can capture souls.

One might have to be a little ruthless to seize back control of one's life, don't you think?

Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

I personally am inclined to approach [housework] the way governments treat dissent: ignore it until it revolts.

Terrible is the temptation to be good.

What is that one crucifixion compared to the daily kind any insomniac endures?

Bets at first were fool-traps, where the wise like spiders lay in ambush for the flies.

Don't ever take a shower with a woman, because you'll probably end up proposing to her.