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.

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.

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.

Still anyone who trusts a serpent deserves its bite. The wise see a creature for what it is, not what it says it may be.

If there is one thing that has made a difference in my life, it is the courage to turn and face what wants to change within me.

Anything in life is possible when you work hard to achieve it.

May we continue to encourage one another, so that we will increase in strength and in wisdom.

You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you.

It is dangerous for a ruler to trust others. He who trusts others can be manipulated by others.

While obsession with one’s personal appearance is a sign of being a vacant prat, total oblivion to it is a sign of mental illness.

The way we started was, Alison [McGhee] said, 'Tall girl, short girl.' We had no plans beyond that.

My turn shall also come: I sense the spreading of a wing.

America is, and always will be, a shining city on a hill.

I know we just met today, but I gotta see you tomorrow. I know this is our first date, I don't expect you to swallow.