Where are you going?" he asked."To break someone's heart, " I replied.

You can't force love, I realized. It's there or it isn't. If it's not there, you've got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you've got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love.

It was impossible to get the Dimitri and Tasha thing out of my head, but at least packing and getting ready made sure I didn't devote 100 percent of my brain power to him. More like 95 percent.

There's nothing worse than waiting and not knowing what'll happen to you. Your own imagination can be crueler than any captor.

It was one thing to accept I couldn't have Dimitri. It was something entirely different to realize someone else could.

Things die. But they don't always stay dead. Believe me, I know.

Wow. What'd he do to deserve that? Rescue orphans from a burning building? If so, you might want to make sure he didn't set the building on fire in the first place.

This isn't a Christmas special! This is my life. In the real world, miracles and goodness just don't happen.

He'd barely seen me coming, and despite the horribleness of what I'd just done, I kind of wished one of my instructors had been there to grade me on such an awesome performance.

Good God. Men everywhere.

In the real world, you can make your own miracles

I prefer to suffer than repent because I stand by my decision and capable enough top pay for it Or reap the beauty later.

Dare to love greatly.

Wisdom of the Ages: "Ski-ing" The act of visiting Polish people.

We aren't different, from the others.

When you ask me to sign your NDA, you're basically saying, in writing, that you don't trust me.

The criteria for architecture after the tsunami is humbleness

I know not every mom is a secret KGB spy, but every mom has this whole other life. Every dad and every person has this whole other life.

A definition is the start of an argument, not the end of one.

I don't flirt and I don't play the people that I'm meeting with.

Words are powerful. When I make mistakes I just try to come back and clarify what I meant.