without understanding and respect, even love could turn into a trap all too easily

Love without trust. The difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul

But in real life, happily-ever-after is just the beginning. It's where life starts.

Maybe that's what is means to be human . . . forever questioning our certainties.

Saying that you love is easy, but living up to those simple words is the most difficult thing you'll ever do.

I had to learn to value myself before I could expect to be valued by others

Sometimes reality is better than dreams

We should never, ever believe life - or history holds no surprises for us. That was lies arrogance. And arrogance can blind us to the truth.""Which truth?""Any truth. All truth." her voice was solemn

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

To tell a love story true, a romance writer must bare hearts, souls and bodies.

Blaming the running injury epidemic on big, bad Nike seems too easy - but that's okay, because it's largely their fault.

Do not wait for ideal circumstances nor for the best opportunities they will never come.

Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in.

When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win.

Marriage is the perfection which love aimed at, ignorant of what it sought.

You have to take the chance to bomb and disappoint audiences.

I have found that the richest people I know are also the nicest.

I have great faith that there's a master plan and that even if we don't understand it and even if it's heartbreaking, there's a reason for everything. And I hold on to that.