What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.

Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss...." He turned to me. "But every once in a while, you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.

What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable, magic.

...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.

If chaos is a necessary step in the organization of one's universe, then I was well on my way.

Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road.

Proper lighting is everything, Julianna.

I had liked him for all the wrong reasons.

One's character is set at an early age. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life. I hate to see you swim out so far you can't swim back.

It's easy to look back and see it, and it's easy to give the advice. But the sad fact is, most people don't look beneath the surface until it's too late.

The room fell quiet. And as I read down the list of over one hundred and fifty eight-grade boys, I realized that to me, there had only ever been one boy.

How one treats another one, determines success.

A steadfast heart does not stray from the path.

I have always admired brave men and women who endured the test time.

When I was coming up through the ranks, not that many people carried a lot money of money on them. This was before checks and credit cards.

The only law we broke was the Brezhnev doctrine that once a country is in the Soviet bloc it cannot be overthrown.

You might be a redneck if your kids are going hungry tonight because you just had to have those Yosemite Sam mud flaps.

It's not exactly courageous to be an anti-racist these days; a hundred years ago, it was.

I'm just here for the narcotics.

I feel that segregation is totally unchristian, and that it is against everything the Christian religion stands for.

I'm surprised you don't know more about magic, Sister Verna. There is a word that is magic. It can accomplish more than you might think. Maybe you have heard it before. It is the word 'please.