“As far as I can reckon, a woman can stand absolutely anything under God's heaven that she knows; but she just up and can't stand the littlest, teeniest, no-account sort of thing that she ain't sure...”

“Provide for her Futureif you can!That's my motto!But a man's just a plain bum who don't provide for his own Past!”

“I wish I could have lived just one day when the world was new. I wishI wish I could have reaped just one single, solitary, big Emotion before the world had caught it andappraised itand taxed itand ...”

“Provide for her Future—if you can!—That's my motto!—But a man's just a plain bum who don't provide for his own Past!”

“I wish I could have lived just one day when the world was new. I wish—I wish I could have reaped just one single, solitary, big Emotion before the world had caught it and—appraised it—and taxed it—...”

“In joined hands there is still some token of hope, in the clinched fist none.”

“Touch with your heart more than with your hands.”

“Whatsoever you set your hands on doing, do it in such a way that your work will always stand out.”

“I have tried to let you go and I cannot. I cannot stop thinking of you. I cannot stop dreaming about you.”

“This should never have happened, Brishen. We were unimportant, you and I. We weren't supposed to mean anything to anyone.""Woman of day," he said slowly. "You mean everything to me.”

“Aku percaya, tak pernah ada kata salah untuk cinta.”

“I am neither male nor female, nor am I sexless. I am the Peaceful One, whose form is self-effulgent, powerful radiance.”

“You have peace," the old woman said, "when you make it with yourself.”

“Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.”