Maybe time didn't heal wounds exactly, but it gave you a kind of armor, or a new perspective. A way to remember with a smile instead of a sob.

I guess no one stays friends for more than thirty years without broken hearts along the way.

Caro: "Bite me." Ruby: "I gave that up in kindergarten.

She had been ready to love this man from the moment she first saw him. In all these years, that had never changed. They'd hurt each other, let each other down, and yet, here they were after everything, together. She needed him now, needed him to remind her that she was live, that she wasn't alone, that she hadn't lost everything.

I have often wished in the past few years that my mom were here to help me as I raised my own teenage son. As a girl, with my own mom, I thought I knew it all; now I know better. Somewhere, I know my mom is smiling.

Marriages go through hard times. Sometimes you have to get in there and fight for your love. That's the only way for it to get better.

It isn’t about being at the same school or the same town or even the same room. It’s about being together. Love is a choice you make.