Are all American girls as daft as you, Rachel?" "I hope so," I said.
Doing good doesn't always make you feel good. I don't care what they tell you in church.
A person doesn't ask permission to fall in love; not even of themselves.
The most important thing we ever have to learn in life is to live with our choices.
I will stand by you. You must not be afraid. This is a brave land, Susanna, founded by brave people who never shrank from their duty or their vision of freedom. But this land has a future only if each of us stands up for what is right when it is given us to do so.
Sometimes it takes courage to leave.