Sorry but nothing of much importance ever happened to me...I'm just a girl who forgot to look both ways before crossing the street.

In life, Jane reflected, the most interesting things tend to happen when you're on your way to do something else.

Chocolate doesn't solve everything, Nana." "It solves a whole heck of a lot, though.

Covers matter. In my experience, a different cover can make you think you're reading an entirely different book.

It's hard to believe. Where does the times go?' Betty sighs. 'I've always hated that phrase. It makes it would like time went on a holiday, and is expected back any day now. Time flies is another one I hate. Apparently, time does quite a bit of traveling, though.

Love stories are written in millimeters and milliseconds with a fast, dull pencil whose marks you can barely see, they are written in miles and eons with a chisel on the side of a mountiantop

Daddy always said the only thing worth begging for was your life, but maybe he was wrong. Maybe sometimes your love is a little bit worth begging for, too.