I wish," he said, "I had known at eighteen what I know now - that there are some things on which one does not compromise.

I know it is something of a cliche to say that love makes all things possible, but I believe it does. It is not a magic wand that can be waved over life to make it all sweet and lovely and trouble free, but it can give the energy to fight the odds and win.

Stop being so fruitlessly busy and dream. Use your imagination. Reach out into the unknown and dream of how you can enlarge your experience and improve your mind and your soul and your world.

And she was terribly aware that she was alive. Not just living and breathing, but ...alive.

I do not admire greatness that has no substance.

The real meaning of things lies deep down and the real meaning of things is always beautiful because it is simply love.

There had to be a reason why they were not going to marry. They had both been so adamant about it. What the devil was the reason?