Margaret thought of all she knew for certain, that day would always follow night that love was never wasted nor was it lost.

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.

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.

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.

She'd always been comforted by how many words there were in the English language -- more than a million. With so many words surely anything could be said, everything could be under

You can not be the judge of another's wishes. If you love someone, you must believe that they know what is best for themselves.

Let's not go into the past.

Turn your doubts to question turn your question to prayers turn your prayers to God.

Last year my boyfriend gave me a painting - a very personal one. I really prefer personal gifts or ones made by someone for me. Except diamonds. That's the exception to the rule.

There has never been a successful social movement for any minority without the support of the majority.

People's belief in their own local reality-tunnels keep us all far stupider than we ought to be.

And it never, ever was interpreted that the Second Amendment meant individual's right to bear arms

We clearly realize that freedom's inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.

This we prescribe, though no physician; Deep malice makes too deep incision; Forget, forgive; conclude and be agreed; Our doctors say this is no month to bleed.