The only thing they'll let you shoot with a camera.

You figured that the only way I'd be happy is if I did the things you thought would be best for me.

I realized it was like looking into the sun—you shouldn't do it, because you'd turn your face away and be blind to everything else.

They don't like the thought of someone else making demands on the person whom they see as belonging entirely to them.

males conspicuously leaving their mark to let others know where they weren't welcome.

because in the past words have only driven them apart.

In the past, even Alex's promises hadn't prevented a reoccurence. She didn't have a choice. She wished he could see that as clearly as she did.

Suffering so someone else didn't have to suffer. Sacrificing your body for someone else's well being.

It still hurts, " she whispered. "Even when you're doing it for someone else, that doesn't stop your ribs from getting cracked, or your wrist swelling, or your cuts from bleeding.

There's a problem with wounded birds, Cassie, " Connor said. "Either they fly away from you one day, or else they never get better. They stay hurt no matter what you do.

Fear is the killer of a great future life.

Kant says that we may regard ourselves as legislator of the moral law, and consider ourselves as its author, but not that we are legislators or authors of the law.

Only the heart knows how to find what is precious.

The worst injury I ever had was a stress fracture from running.

You might be a redneck if you wish your outhouse was as nice as those at the state park.

Lies were only as strong as the suckers that believed them.

I've always been frightened of karaoke, so I've never tried it. Karaoke scares the hell out of me!

If we do not transform our pain, we will most assuredly transmit it.

Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.

It is not done to let anybody be too happy. The moment two people seem to be enjoying one another's company, a good hostess introduces a third element or removes the first.