It's not finding what's lost, it's understanding what you've found.

Good fortune can take forever to get to you, but as it turns out, sorrow is as quick as a shot.

Young people believe that regret is something you will never feel if you simply do as you please, but sometimes it is a matter of degree.

Others said May was best, that sweet green time when lilacs bloomed and gardens along Main Street were filled with sugary pink peonies and Dutch tulips.

Never look at other people's bad fortune,' my mother said. 'If you do, it will come back to find you instead of its rightful owner.

Women know things that men will never know. We keep the best secrets. We tell the best stories.

I know who you are in your heart,' Andres said. 'That's all that matters.' And that was it. That was the moment. Now I knew how I would feel if I ever lost him. That was how you knew love. My mother had told me that. All you had to do was imagine your life without the other person, and if the thought alone made you shiver, then you knew.