Life does not always gives us the choices that we want

I don't want Christmas season to end, because it's the only time I can legitimately indulge in on particular addiction: glitter.

In case there is any question in your mind," he said, cupping her face with his hands. "What I want, what I most desire, the loveliest sight on this dark earth, is you.

You are absolutely beautiful," Anne said. "But if you see yourself, you'll want to pin your hair back like a shepherdess in a bad play." (Eleanor) "Are you saying that I normally look as if I'm tending sheep? With straw in my hair? As if I might yodel?

I don't want to have to earn love by giving up my ability to make decisions that determine how I live.

Oh, I have felt lust. And I've indulged lust. But no other woman has turned me into another person.

God Almighty, your ruined, and you didn't even eat the gingerbread.