Raw love, like raw heartache, could blindside you.

You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.

All it takes is a second and your whole life can get turned upside down.

The Lord turned water into wine. All I'm suggesting is a trip to the grocery store.

Losing Chloe had been like reading a wonderfulook only to realize that all the pages past a certain point were blank.

He gently touched his mother's cheek, felt her sorrow slip over his fingertips.

She understood how a world jammed with phones, email, and faxes could still leave you feeling utterly alone.

When it rains, " her father said "it pours.

And if you don't find what you're looking for?"At Roy's question Addie looked up."Then all I've lost is time.

A robber? In the trash bins? Honestly, Wes. This is Salem Falls, not the set of Law and Order.

You'd be surprised." Charlie said."You go to bed one night singing her a lullaby, and she wakes up listening to Limp Bizkit.""What the hell is Limp Bizkit?

Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.

For every choice you make, there is a consequence to face. Choose wisely!

Everything is possible in America, except the production of intelligence.

Rain is disagreeable, but snow is as much part of the mountain as are sunshine and clear skies.

Cecilia had unleashed her blood in the bath, Amy Schraff said, because the ancient Romans had done that when life became unbearable.

He has got the slows, Mr. Blair.

I know body hair bothers some women, but a lot of men like a fluffy partner.

You wouldn't show up to a great job with a terrible resume, so don't show up to a great man with a terrible past.

Nothing works unless you do the work.

I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.