“Then, by your definition... I'm in love with you.”

“Everybodys damaged. Its just a question of how badly, and whether youre healing or still bleeding.”

“Have you ever tried thinking of God as a person instead of an all-powerful vending machine that never gives you the right amount of change? He has feelings too, you know.”

“At least you earned your belief in something...Most people around here just say they believe whatever their family believes. They don't bother thinking for themselves...And the less they know, the ...”

“I know, I knowtheres something clich about that. The heroine initially wanting to clobber a protagonist male, but later realizing that hes grown on her and she actually really likes him. Technicall...”

“His attentive treatment of her had nothing to do with the presumption that she was weak, and everything to do with the conviction that she was valuable.”

“I'm bred for farm work, and for such folk, the only A's you get come from effort. Strife and strain are all the world can offer, and they temper you into something unbreakable because Lord knows th...”

“There is never a traffic jam created from people going the extra mile”

“Work hard, put maximum effort, and have a good attitude. Most importantly never give up.”

“There are many things that make a man irritable when he arrives home from work in the evening and a sensible wife will usually notice the storm-signals and will leave him alone until he simmers down.”

“Oblivion, she thought. That was the world she lived in. It was what they should name some countries, towns, and places.”

“A lot of men wouldn't like being called a romantic. It's not macho enough.'Quite often men are fools.”

“Once you start laughing, you start healing.”

“All you need to find a strong, loving man is the knowledge and understanding of the power you have as a woman.”

“No matter how rich, powerful or handsome he is, he is defenseless against your womanly power.”