It's like the psychiatrists themselves are buying into that stupid belief that therapy is something to hide.

And the very act of living is a tide; at first it seems to make no difference at all, and then one day you look down and see how much pain has eroded

When a freedom is taken away from you, I suppose, you recognize it as a privilege, not a right.

She's not classically beautiful, but somehow that only makes her more interesting.

But Katie knew it was a sin, had known from the moment she made the decision to lie with Adam. However, the transgression wasn't making love without the sanction of marriage. It was that for the first time in her life, Katie had put herself first. Put her own wants and needs above everything and everyone else.

How foolish it is to run away with a man who's already run away with someone else.

The process of growing up was nothing more than figuring out what doors hadn't yet been slammed in your face.