Most lives are not distinguished by great achievements. They are measured by an infinite number of small ones. Each time you do a kindness for someone or bring a smile to his face, it gives your life meaning. Never doubt your value, little friend. The world would be a dismal place without you in it. (tweaked version of a passage from Scandal in Spring)

Sometimes I'm not nice for a reason. It's a way to find out what someone's made of.

If only I could visit you as a foreigner goes into a new country, learn the language of you, wander past all borders into every private and secret place, I would stay forever. I would become a citizen of you.

Our gazes met. It seemed an entire conversation took place in that one glance. Each of us saw what we needed to know.

Believe me, when my ‘personal endowments’ are being discussed, I always pay attention.” ~ Cam Rohan

He took his mouth from hers and stared down at her with eyes so dark they no longer looked blue. “Amanda, do you trust me?” “Of course not,” she said. “I don’t know the first thing about you.” Laughter rustled from his chest. “Sensible woman.

It was a train wreck happening right in front of me and I couldn't do anything about it, except that not only was I watching, I was also the train.