I strike fear into you because I am a man?" "It isn't funny." "I do not laugh. It is a sad thing, yes, that your husband is a man. A very terrible thing.

A ghost from her past, part of a world to which she no longer belonged but had never stopped missing.

A man whose yesterdays rest on his horizon travels forward into his past. The result is that he goes a very long way to nowhere.

Do you think courage means being fearless? Or daring? Courage, real courage, is taking three steps when it terrifies you.

her stories make you believe in the power of love

A man cannot own a woman, cousin. He can only... He can only love her.

When you've been hurt, you don't make excuses for the jerk who hurt you. That's his mama's job.