Now I must live with the consequences of the choice I made. And I will not call it the wrong choice. That would be foolish and pointless. That choice led me to everything that has happened since, including this very moment, and the choices I make today or tomorrow or next week will lead me to the next and next present moments in my life. It is all a journey, Miss Jewell. I have come to understand that that is what life is all about-a journey and the courage and energy always to take the next step and the next without judgement about what was right and what was wrong.

Sometimes children do not realize by how fragile a thread their security hangs. Perhaps it is as well they do not - most of them grow up before the thread can be broken.

Every moment is a moment of decision, and every moment turns us inexorably in the direction of the rest of our lives.

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.

The bad part is life continues. The good part is that the pain goes away.

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

It was so much more comfortable to be able to divide people into heroes and villains and expect them to play their allotted part.