...a sad sort of vulnerability was wafting from her, making the night smell like maple syrup.

It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon.

Sometimes you weren't supposed to share pain. Sometimes it was best just to deal with it alone.

Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared, then you’re not doing it right.

Every life needs a little space. It leaves room for good things to enter it.

Don't let anyone see your vulnerable spots. Once they knew how to hurt you, they would do it again and again.

I needed to stop being what everyone thought I was.

The next morning dawned bright and sweet, like ribbon candy.

She looked like autumn, when leaves turned and fruit ripened.

You can't change where you come from, but you can change where you go from here. Just like a book. If you don't like the ending, you make up a new one.

She was so Southern that she cried tears that came straight from the Mississippi, and she always smelled faintly of cottonwood and peaches.

silence across the field. When they reached the edge of the forest, Claire’s anxiety faded. It really would be easier

Hey, you know what, I've gotta go on that 'Letterman' show. That show is so lame.

I personally think that Hollywood agencies ought to play a much better role in the development of Chinese films. Otherwise they're missing out on a lot of opportunities.

I'm sorry to say so but, sadly, it's true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you.

Cracker Jacks don't count as junk food because they're corn and peanuts, which we know to be high in nutrition. And they have a prize inside.

Donald Trump has been nothing but gracious, and a gentleman and a wonderful mentor and boss to me, and to other women. So that's all, that would be my personal choice; not a demand on me.

For us [hockey] is an opportunity, myself and my brothers have an opportunity to do something special.

Hardened round us, encasing wholly every notion we form is a wrapping of traditions, hearsay's, and mere words.

I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong - I have audio illusions.

You can lie at a banquet but you have to be honest in the kitchen.