Do what you want, do what you will, do what you have to, do what you think you cannot.

I wasn't quite as certain that I knew her soul. When it came right down to it, I wasn't sure she knew me either.

There are some things, after all, that Sally Owens knows for certain: Always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder. Keep rosemary by your garden gate. Add pepper to your mashed potatoes. Plant roses and lavender, for luck. Fall in love whenever you can.

He fell in love with the way she closed her eyes, long before he fell in love with her.

I must keep my head and not give in to desire, for desire is what causes women to drown.

She liked to disappear, even when she was in the same room as other people. It was a talent, as it was a curse.

Margaret thought of all she knew for certain, that day would always follow night that love was never wasted nor was it lost.