I can hurt myself more than anyone else can, she told her sister. I can do it with my eyes closed.

He has the ability to catch someone by the way that he looks at her, and make her wish he would go on looking.

Just because something is unspoken doesn't mean that it disappears.

I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's domain, considered a lesser domain at the time they were told.

Hearts were made for being broken. There's really no way around it if you want to be a human being.

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.

I was beginning to understand.My grandmother's love was cold because she was afraid of things;that was why everything had to be perfect.