And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in masquerade.

You can widen the feet of a compass, but they are still attached at the top; you can spin them away from each other, but you always wind up where you started.

Or in other words, it's the substance you've got when you start that determines the outcome.

The best way to prevent a heartache was to cushion the coming blow.

When she wanted to escape her life, she read books

If she spoke, she would tell him the truth: she was not okay at all, but horribly empty, now that she knew what it was like to be filled.

A real friend isn't capable of feeling sorry for you.