sometimes knowing when to give up is the real test of character... -annabelle granger

You can't do extraordinary things in the world if you're spending time criticizing others because they don't look or behave the way you think they should.

Anything worth having is worth fighting for.

‎"There’s no such thing as mistakes – only a lack of foresight.

I don't love you anymore", she whispered. "I don't love you at all." His throat closed. "It's all right, sweetheart. I love you enough for both of us.

Life sure is easier when you're rich." "And a natural born charmer. Don't forget that part." "How could I?" she retorted. "It's the only thing we have in common.

Don't mess with me, Calvin. You'll only get hurt.

Pride had kept her running when love had betrayed her.

This is America. We’re entitled to our opinions.” “Wrong. This is Texas. And my opinion is the only one that counts.

We’re all works in progress, honey. And believe me when I tell you that I’ve had to work harder than most.

ignore the pain, play through it.

Under this aura of perfection he knows how flawed he really is but his intact denial system keeps this awareness suppressed in the far recesses of his mind.

You cannot skip the beginning and hope to reach the end. You will fall as soon as you get there

So many roads. So many detours. So many choices. So many mistakes.

I remember a new heaviness in my body, but maybe that's the work of time and my looking back.

If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to help people.

The most important thing of all was not the poverty of its ess

Everything degenerates in the hands of man.

Science never gives up searching for truth, since it never claims to have achieved it.

I condemn, for all climes and for all times, secret murders and unfair methods even for a fair cause.

Loving is almost a substitute for thinking. Love is a burning forgetfulness of all other things. How shall we ask passion to be logical?