“It's always going to get better someday. Sometime in the future, things won't be so crazy.”

“I picked up the nearest weapon I could lay my hands on: a stapler. I lifted it, going for menacing. I admit it lacked a certain elegance, but hey. It was worth a shot. David placed his hand on my a...”

“You do love him," I said, and she swung her gaze back to me."I do." She smoothed her hand over her thighs, flattening imaginary wrinkles from the linen."Even though he's not your family."Saylor lau...”

“It was such a relief to be able to sob and have someone know all the reasons why.”

“Ryan rolled his eyes. "Harper, you and David Stark have been circling each other since kindergarden.”

“If a man does not work passionately - even furiously - at being the best in the world at what he does, he fails his talent, his destiny, and his God.”

“I mean a man whose hopes and aims may sometimes lie (as most men's sometimes do, I dare say) above the ordinary level, but to whom the ordinary level will be high enough after all if it should prov...”

“Not everything you're good at is what you're called to do.”