Men like women who know how to be subtle.

I gave you the best of me, he'd told her once, and with every beat of her son's heart, she knew he'd done exactly that.

The key to happiness is achievable dreams.

It's possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems.

I love you, not just for now, but for always, and I dream of the day that you’ll take me in your arms again.

The sky grew darker and the moon rose higher as the evening wore on. and without either or them being conscious of it, they began to regain the intimacy, the bond of familiarity, they had once shared.

I came to the conclusion that unrealized hopes, even small ones, were always wrenching.