…a woman's always safe and comfortable when a fellow's down on his luck.

Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.

Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.

…proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.

It's lovely to see people so happy.

…what splendid dreams young people build upon a word, and how bitter is the pain when the bright bubbles burst.

Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts.

Dan clung to her in speechless gratitude, feeling the blessedness of mother love, — that divine gift which comforts, purifies, and strengthens all who seek it.

…she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children.

I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods.

…having learned that people cannot be moulded like clay…

He's not your prince charming if he doesn't make sure you know that you're his princess.

Never exact of a friend in adversity what you would require in prosperity.

We have compromised the integrity of the church if we only emphasise on miracles.

I don't think you can reach your potential as a writer unless you're a passionate reader, AND read passionately.

I bring my bike to work, and I make laps around our parking lot on my lunch break.

Intense interest in any subject is indispensable if you're really going to excel in it.

The poor man with industry is happier than the rich man in idleness.

I was good at being a doctor; my patients liked me. At times people trust you with things they wouldn't tell their spouses. It was a real privilege.

Community is a place where the connections felt in our hearts make themselves known in the bonds between people, and where the tuggings and pullings of those bonds keep opening our hearts.

Violence doesn't have a race, a class, a religion, or a nationality, but it does have a gender.