“It was only a matter of time. She would love him before the week was out and it would be gloriously terrible, wonderfully hopeless.”

“I know how mirrors work. They're all in league with the cosmetics trade. They tell a woman lies. Drawing her gaze from one imagined flaw to another, until all she sees is a constellation of imperfe...”

“You're an intensely attractive woman. You do know that, don't you?" To her silence, he replied, "You'd believe me if you could see your”

“It seemed any young woman at odds with her place in life--be she a genteel lady or a serving girl--might find a happier home within the pages of a book.”

“This was now officially the most inane conversation in which Griff had ever been a participantand that included a drunken debate with Del over ostrich racing.The color isnt too awful? She twisted a...”

“Dont. Dont play that game. His brow pressed to hers. When I heard you cry out ... it was like a saber to the gut. I wanted to die.”

“I believe that God gives you hopes and dreams in a size that's too large, so you have something to grow into.”

“Honor your desire for a new life. Say yes to the small inklings of interest and curiosity that present themselves each day.”

“Keep your best wishes, close to your heart and watch what happens”

“A human being in this aged nation of ours is a very wonderful whole, the slow creation of long interchanging influences; and charm is a result of two such wholes, the one loving and the one loved.”

“The more one judges, the less one loves.”

“[N]one of us drinks the chalice of our existence to the last drop. None of us is fully obedient. Each of us falls short of the human nature entrusted to us.”

“The worlds most successful people didnt wait for someone else to pick them, but instead, they picked themselves.”

“Play around. Dive into absurdity and write. Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure.”

“Want something else more than success. Success is a lovely thing, but your desire to say something, your worth, and your identity shouldnt rely on it, because its not guaranteed and its not permane...”