There's other ways to protect yourself and your family, Arlen. Wisdom. Prudence. Humility. It's not brave to fight a battle you can't win.

I don't pretend to see the path, but I know it's there all the same. One day, we'll look back and wonder how we ever missed it.

Choose a book, ... Any book. Bring it here, and I'll show you what else the world can offer.

Let others determine your worth and you're already lost, because no one wants people worth more than themselves.

Because Ragen is kind hearted and strong at the same time, and I know how rare that kind of man is. Because I never doubted that he loved me, and would come back. But most of all, because the moments I had with him were worth all the ones apart.

People make the world go, and Mothers make people, so they lead the dance.

You are my daughter. I would love you if you put out the sun.