She needed him to be him. Even if he could not be hers.

She was petite, small in that way that made a man want to slay dragons.

You always get more respect when you don't have a happy ending.

Society is capricious and rewards the bad as often as the good. But it never rewards the quiet.

I had to do something," she said. "I couldn't just sit and wait for life to happen to me any longer.

I vow to spend the rest of my life keeping your hands and feet warm.

I don't know whether to toss you through that window or shake your hand and say 'Well done'" Henry said in a tired voice.

sometimes there are reasons for our fears that we can’t quite explain. Sometimes it’s just something we feel in our bones, something we know to be true, but would sound foolish to anyone else.

She hated that she was still so desperate for a glimpse of him, but it had been this way for years.

James - "Are you paying attention or just trying to make me look like an idoit?" Elizabeth - "Oh, I'm definately paying attention. If you look like an idiot it has nothing to do with me.

Sometimes Hen...I think I would give my life just for one of your smiles.

Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on... The loves and sorrows that are great are destroyed by their own plentitude.

To love others we must first learn to love ourselves.

Look wise say nothing and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.

Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.

It's never too late for those whose time has come.

I have often marveled at the thin line which separates success from failure.

Art is animated by invisible forces that rule the universe.

Music helps set a romantic mood. Imagine her surprise when you say, "We don't need a stereo - I have an accordion."

Cast first to your church those visions you absolutely know are the Lord's.

He who commends the brutalities of the past, sows the seeds of future crimes.