What people read revealed so much about them that she considered our card catalog a treasure house of privileged secrets; each card contained the map of an individual’s soul.

My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances

Others said May was best, that sweet green time when lilacs bloomed and gardens along Main Street were filled with sugary pink peonies and Dutch tulips.

It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world.

Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back.

I wonder how a lioness will manage in a dovecote. Can you put away your teeth and claws?

The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be.

Once you know some things, you can't unknow them. It's a burden that can never be given away.

This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed.

No one knows you like a person with whom you've shared a childhood. No one will ever understand you in quite the same way.

The evening had turned sweet and blue.

There is always another way, make sure you look in all directions before deciding to give up

To change your life just accept and adjust. What else can you do?

Education helps you earn more. But not many schoolteachers can prove it.

The world's largest debtor is a distinction of sorts, but not the one we like having.

He who doesn't consider himself is seldom considerate of others.

These people get to the top because they have to, because inside them burns a dream too big, too ever present, too demanding to be denied.

The night I was born, Lord I swear the moon turned a fire red.

We all know our ideas can be crazy, but are they crazy enough?

Life is beautiful. Look around. Don't take anything for granted.

If I want to achieve the goals I've set, I've got to be in tip-top shape.