I love fairy tales and feel very affected by them.

Being human means losing everything we love best in the world," she murmured as she released me. "But would you ask to be anything else?

Some things, when they change, never do return to the way they once were. Butterflies for instance, and women who've been in love with the wrong man too often.

Young Sally Owens: He will hear my call a mile away. He will whistle my favorite song. He can ride a pony backwards. Young Gillian Owens: What are you doing? Young Sally Owens: Summoning up a true love spell called Amas Veritas. He can flip pancakes in the air. He'll be marvelously kind. And his favorite shape will be a star. And he'll have one green eye and one blue. Young Gillian Owens: Thought you never wanted to fall in love. Young Sally Owens: That's the point. The guy I dreamed of doesn't exist. And if he doesn't exist I'll never die of a broken heart.

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

A boy who is trouble is something entirely different as a man.

I'm at the point where going forward is easier than going back.