Then we'll find a way to work through all this together because I know I want to spend the rest of my life with you.

I have some art, but I am a hobbyist. I would not consider myself an expert but in the course of writing this novel I became very familiar with the various movements in American Modern Art from 1900 onwards.

I have seldom been described as shy.

When you fall in love, love deeply. Be tough but also be open to the possibility of forgiveness.

If people don't like you, or they think you're strange, then that's their problem.

Absolutely not. I'm an expert in procrastination, but the last thing I want you to think is that I'm incompetent, too. Because I'm actually pretty good at what I do." -Jo

It's probably not going to lead to anything. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't try. If everyone who thought they might fail didn't even try, where would we be today?