The Cinderella story in reverse. I only wish there were ashes in the fireplace so I could order you to sweep them out.

You try spending six months sitting at somebody's bedside, waiting for them to die and then tell me that the happy-ending love story isn't one of God's good gifts.

[Colin to Sugar Beth] I put my heart on every page.

Now, now. Southern ladies don’t French-kiss and tell.

He’d lapped at her ankles like a lovesick pup, and she’d been exactly what she was now, a woman born too beautiful and too rich to worry about a small thing like integrity.

In case you’re not bright enough to figure it out, there’s a real upside to having a sinner like me answer your phone. I lie, and your conscience stays clear.

What shall you do all your vacation?’, asked Amy. "I shall lie abed and do nothing", replied Meg.

The frightened walk away when love is difficult. I know that now. You have to be willing to give everything away. You have to be willing to end up with nothing. Only then will your heart be whole.

Fame attracts lunatics.

If a man is in need of rescue, an airplane can come in and throw flowers on him, and that's just about all. But a direct lift aircraft could come in and save his life.

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.

The films I enjoy seeing are those that reveal lives I was unaware of... in different cultures or whatever.

Truth and Good are one; and Beauty dwells in them, and they in her.

It's hard to be driven when you're being driven.

There can be no learning without action, and no action without learning

you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.