...nothing wonderful lasted forever. Joy was as fleeting as a shooting star that crossed the evening sky, ready to blink out at any moment.

Everyone has a past, but that's just it--it's in the past. You can learn from it, but you can't change it.

The emotions attached to them were like sand castles in the tide, slowly washing out to sea.

That's the thing about life. A lot of the time, it isn't easy at all. We just have to try to make the best of it.

I've come to believe that in everyone's life, there's one undeniable moment of change, a set of circumstances that suddenly alters everything.

She wasnt exactly sure when it happened. Or even when it started. All she knew for sure was that right here and now, she was falling hard and she could only pray that he was feeling the same way.

Love doesn't mean anything if you're not willing to make a commitment, and you have to think not only about what you want, but about what he wants. Not just now, but in the future.

That's what courage is. If she weren't scared, she wouldn't need courage in the first place." -Jo

Deep in her heart, she wasn't sure she deserved to be happy, nor did she believe that she was worthy of someone who seemed...normal.

He thought of her often, and he missed the companionship they'd once shared and the friendship that had been the bedrock of their marriage at its best.

It was inevitable, of course, but somehow it didn't seem right to Alex that they would never remember the sound of Carly's laughter, or know how deeply she'd once loved them.

The myth-making about Appomattox started from the moment Lee left the courthouse on his horse to travel to Richmond.

Wrestling is pretty DIY. I've been doing it for 12 years, completely on my own. It's like being in a band or running a zine - except that I get to kick people in the face.

The path to the inwardly enriched life is not hidden from the man or woman who longs to walk upon it.

The force of union conquers all.

What’s the deal with the hair?” Curran tore his gaze from the book and grimaced. “Grows every flare. Can’t help it." We stared at each other. “Waiting for the Fabio joke,” he said.

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities.

Finish your stories! Read a lot!

Nothing ever quite dies, it just comes back in a different form.

We all know what we're doing. Whether we realize it or not.

It’s all a bit of a gamble, mate. That’s all I can promise you. And we never get to see what that other life would have looked like if we don’t take chances.