My mission is not to make him happy and bear his children and be his wife. My mission is to kill him.

I want to be someone strong and brave enough to make hard choices. But I want to be fair and loving enough to make the right ones.

Often, when I am able to check out a book, I read it a dozen times before returning it, desperate to remain lost in the magic of someone else's story.

I'm not sure how we got to this place, where a girl's only value is in what kind of marriage she has, how capable she is of keeping a man happy.

My father might not have held my hand or expressed his love openly, but he taught Callie and me that we had inherent values, that we were fully formed human beings without a boy by our side.

But there's something fundamentally wrong in a system where a girl like Meredith would even consider staying with a boy like Dylan if she has the chance to be free of him.

I don't trust most people. Except for you.""Why me?""Because everyone needs someone to put their faith in.

You’re easy to read, Ivy, but the whole book of you is complicated.

But I want to be better than the lessons they taught me. I want my love to be greater that my hate, my mercy to be stronger than my vengeance.

I'm glad she's not faking affection. It's more honest than what her husband is doing, at least. Dislike is an emotion I can respect.

There are only two choices. Stay here and die. Or get up and see what happens next.

we may say that History develops, Art stands still

If you seek immortality, then give. For giving frees humanity from the bondage of time. When all is gone, what's left is what you gave.

I have a thing for things that last.

Courage treats the weak better than fear treats the strong.

I have amazing news for you. Man is not alone on this planet. He is part of a community, upon which he depends absolutely.

Men don't change. They just learn to disguise the lack of change.

You can't dictate if a character's going to come off as sympathetic to an audience. I just tried to play it as honest as possible.

The follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from the world.

Don't worry about my life, worry about why you're worried about my life!

I will do Dancing with the Stars when my career dips.