“Nothing good in this world comes free! For everything theres a payment of time or money or soul!”

“She didn't think she could be a Christian if perfection was required.”

“Ghosts! gasped Alice. Real, live ghosts?No! Not real, live ghosts! Spooky, dead ghosts!”

“I love Alice more than life itself, but I can't keep her hidden forever.”

“[A]ll these years, I had been telling myself that my feelings for you were a juvenile infatuation; a dream inspired by my secret hope that somewhere there could be a creature who could love me.”

“If Miss Elton spoke water instead of words, then there would have been a repetition of Noahs flood.”

“As the tension between the Protestants and the Church of Rome intensified, so did the desire for a third way among dissenting groups. Soon a new group emerged, though in some senses it was also an ...”

“Good men are often more practical than pretty " said Mother. "Andrius just happens to be both.”

“How did I get here How did I end up in the arms of a boy I barely knew but knew I didn't want to lose I wondered what I would have thought of Andrius in Lithuania. Would I have liked him Would he h...”

“And if you ever - and I do mean ever - try to leave me, Im goin with you.”

“..he wanted her.And at another time, as another man, he would have her. Without hesitation. As lover. . . as more.”

“Annabelle gave him a chiding smile. If youre implying that Im spoiled, I assure you that I am not.You should be. His warm gaze slid over her pink-tinted face and slender upper body, then sought her...”