“Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you still had your mother or father at your back, you'd be okay.”

“All Chelsea's internet dates were gorgeous. Until she met them.”

“They were like animals, men. They found too much eye contact threatening.”

“The only thing Jess really cared about were those two children and letting them know they were okay. Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you had your mother at your back, ...”

“The triumph of hope over experience.”

“She was always tired, these days. She put on one of those smiles that wasnt really a smile at all, and they went on.”

“Creativity is the state of consciousness in which you enter into the treasury of your innermost being and bring the beauty into manifestation. (p.232)”

“Do you think I'm pretty?I think you're beautifulBeautiful?You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.”

“As if you were on fire from within.The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”

“An extended hand is the best weapon against a clenched fist.”

“If you want your life to stand for peace and kindness, it's helpful to do kind, peaceful things.”

“Demonstrating verbal kindness looks better on everyone know matter what the situation. There's a peace in the heart of the kind person who handles everything with love.”