“A mans real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.”

“Books are a finer world within the world. (1863)”

“Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.”

“Christmas is the day that holds all time together.”

“Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.”

“I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.”

“With a secret like that, at some point the secret itself becomes irrelevant. The fact that you kept it does not.”

“Then Cassie told her story. The feeling was like gathering up everything she's ever done or felt or known up to that moment and tying it into a ball and pitching it with all her might as far away a...”

“Every woman needs secrets,' her mother said with a smile then, her eyes meeting Sally's in the rearview mirror. 'Remember that when you're old like me, pumpkin, because the world has a way of makin...”

“As long as they don't know, I am safe”

“Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it- it can't survive being shared. Shame loves secrecy. When we bury our story, the shame metastasizes.”

“Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.”