We are respecting our parents' wishes....They didn't want to shelter us from the world's treacheries. They wanted us to survive them.

If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives.

There are few sights sadder than a ruined book.

This knowledge sits in my heart, heavy as a paperweight.

Certain people have said that the world is like a calm pond, and that anytime a person does even the smallest thing, it is as if a stone has dropped into the pond, spreading circles of ripples further and further out, until the entire world has been changed by one tiny action.

...you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.

One of the remarkable things about love is that, despite very irritating people writing poems and songs about how pleasant it is, it really is quite pleasant.