“Lot's of things in life aren't right, but most things get better with time.”

“The young man looked down from the cart at the people in front of him. Jonah felt his teacher’s eyes meet his own, and for a fraction of a second a smile played on the prisoner’s lips. Then he glanced toward heaven and spoke. “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

“It's an emotion that eats away at those who allow it in their heart. Hatred does more harm to those who feel it than it does to those who are hated.”

“Don't you think you can right your wrongs, Laura? That you can make things better by trying to get back to everything you lost?”

“I wish I could take back the horrible things I've done to people. I wish I could go back in time and make things right, because even though I've been trying to, I might be making everything worse.”

“Love is all right, as things go, but lovers can be a terrible waste of a girl's time.”

“You do the shittiest things to the people you love the most. That's just the way it is. You always hurt the people you care about the most.”