Tessa never could look at him without a tightening in her chest, a painful stutter of her heart.

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.

You would not be experiencing great change unless you were ready for transformation. Embrace the new you that's emerging.

That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.

I think while all mothers deal with feelings of guilt, working mothers are plagued by guilt on steroids!

Must then a Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no imagination.

I've got plenty of train memories. I was sent to school when I was eight years old in 1948 in Kent. So I had to go through London in 1948, just after the war. Many ,many strange experiences.

I love reading books, I love the way they feel and getting through it. It's like an event!

The meek shall inherit the earth. The rest of us are going to the stars.

One of the most difficult tests for the creator: he must always remain unconscious, unaware of his best virtues, if he doesn't want to rob them of their candor and innocence.

You become what you study.

Women of quality are so civil, you can hardly distinguish love from good breeding.