The things we respond to at twenty are not necessarily the same things we will respond to at forty and vice versa. This is true in books and also in life

I did learn something about insanity while I was down there. People go crazy, not because they are crazy, but because it's the best available option at the time.

Oh," says Owen, "but I would have, you know." "I know you would have," says Liz, "and knowing you would have is nearly as good.

Daddy always said that an option that you know to have a bad outcome is only a fool's option, i.e., not an option at all. And I liked to think that Daddy hadn't raised a fool.

In you, I found infinity. In you, I was reborn

Someday, we’ll run into each other again, I know it. Maybe I’ll be older and smarter and just plain better. If that happens, that’s when I’ll deserve you. But now, at this moment, you can’t hook your boat to mine, because I’m liable to sink us both.

People are capable of great, great change during the span of one lifetime. And women even more than men.