“She ran as the first maples started to change color, then the oak.She jumped over roots, she sidestepped brambles, her footfalls echoing off plank bridges traversing streams.She was the first perso...”

“The familiar (if loud) churn of the engine made it hard to talk, especially with the windows open (the air-conditioning didnt work), but the day was warm and they blasted the music and sang along. ...”

“Everything was glowing and shining, and she herself was flying inside that glow. She could do anything. Be anything.”

“Nessa had never really felt truly beautiful before, but tonight she not only understood that she was beautiful, she understood that everyone was. That for all the competition and fear and knowing t...”

“She wasnt going to back down. She knew that. She communicated that. She was here until the death.”

“Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becom...”

“My heart is its own fierce country where no one else is welcome.”

“do not let anyone inuntil they love you so fiercely,you have no defense against their love.”