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

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.

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

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.

Autism is just the surface. What is inside each of us is what matters, autistic or not.

Adopted. Big Deal

Why are some things harder to lose than others? because of love, of course. The more you love something the harder it is to lose.

Maybe it's oldest-child syndrome, but I have always been competitive, even as a kid with sports. It spills into my career.

People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.

We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.

Worry about the things you can control; the rest will either work themselves out, or they'll kill you. Either way, no more worries.

If a woman is successful, she'd better duck, because they'll be out to get her.

This withdrawal from the day's turmoil into creative silence is not a luxury, a fad, or a futility. It dissolves mental tensions and heals negative emotions.

Be careful about gossiping because loose lips really do sink ships.