“The heart is a demanding tenant; it frequently makes a strong argument against common sense.”
“The heart is a demanding tenant”
“When you fall in love, every kind of reason flies out the newly opened window of your brain.”
“Remember this, Dorrie: Some men are just plain bad news. Then there are good men. They'll do. Then there are good men you love. If you find one of the last kind, you'd better hang on to him with everything you have.”
“I felt I knew him completely, and the knowledge could be pored into a single coffee cup.”
“The only person I needed to trust was myself. The other road had too many curves, and I wanted to see straight ahead.”
“I really do think it all boiled down to fear. She was so worried about what the people around us would think, she forgot about … me.”
“A grin split his face like a sunrise.”
“I’d have loathed having the word pastel associated with me ever, whether applied to my appearance or my personality.”
“Things I’d been sure of before, I questioned now.”
“Sometimes the good ones surprise you. Sometimes they stick around longer than you'd think --- after they should have given up.”
“You’re so different, after all. But then this thing surprises you, sticking longer than you ever predicted, and you begin to rely on it, and that relationship whittles down your walls, little by little, until you realize you know that one person better than almost anyone. You’re really and truly friends.”
“surround you, they amaze me. That”
“Some men are just plain bad news. Then there are good men. They'll do. Then there are good men you love. If you find one of the last kind, you'd better hang on to him with everything you have.”
“Some men are just Olin bad news. Then there are good men. They'll do. Then there are good men you love. If you find the last one of the last kind, you'd better hang on to him with every thing you have.”
“earth. In case you missed it, it’s now perfectly acceptable for whites and blacks to have relationships. To be friends or relatives. Or lovers.”
“One drop of wine is enough to redden a whole glass of water.”
“Do you really think we'll ever--"
"I do," he said with certainty, not letting me finish. He leaned over and kissed my forehead. "I know it, Sassenach, and so do you. You were meant to be a mother, and I surely dinna intend to let anyone else father your children.”
“You cut yourself off from all sorts of experiences because you tell yourself you are ‘not that sort of person’”
“But, I’m not.”
“How do you know? You’ve done nothing, been nowhere. How do you have the faintest idea what kind of person you are?”
“My life is four walls of missed opportunities poured in concrete molds.”
“Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It's a grain. It's like, like, grits, but with high self-esteem.”
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