I think of the future all the time. All my life I've chased dreams of what could be. For the first time in my life, I've actually caught one. I'll give you one day at a time, Claire. But remember, I'm thousands of days ahead already.

It had always fascinated him that she'd consumed so many words, that her head was full of stories, told a thousand different ways.

Always make your needs and expectations known,she used to say. That way no one gets hurt.

When you know something’s wrong, but you don’t know exactly what it is, the air around you changes.

There was an art to the male posterior. That's all there was to it.

Some men you know are Southern before they ever say a word," Julia said as she and Emily watched Sawyer's progress, helpless, almost as if they couldn't look away. "They remind you of something good--picnics or carrying sparklers around at night. Southern men will hold doors open for you, they'll hold you after you yell at them, and they'll hold on to their pride no matter what. Be careful what they tell you, though. They have a way of making you believe anything, because they say it that way.

That, they knew, was true friendship. And they knew, if you're lucky enough to find it, you hold on to it.