True beauty, the kind that doesn't fade or wash off, takes time. It takes incredible endurance. It is the slow drip that creates the stalactite, the shaking of the Earth that creates mountains, the constant pounding of the waves that breaks up the rocks and smooths the rough edges. And from the violence, the furor, the raging of the winds, the roaring of the waters, something better emerges, something that would have otherwise never existed.

I will spend the rest of my life trying to make you happy, and when you get tired of looking at me, I promise I’ll sing.

Literature makes history come to life. It is maybe the most accurate depiction of history, especially literature that was written in the time period depicted in the story.

Caring about someone doesn't mean taking care of them.

If God makes all our faces, did he laugh when he made me?

Regret is just life's aftertaste.

Sometimes the things we want to be rescued from can save us.