“It was easy not to think of my future; I didn't have one.”

“I didn't dare think of the future; the past was still happening.”

“I don't think much about guys from the past. I'm glad I knew them, but there's a reason they didn't make it into my future.”

“He grinned. "You're easy, I like that."I didn't really have a response. I guess I was easy.”

“I have been sad almost a whole year, thinking that taking that test was somehow the end of my learning and that not having that as a possibility in my future left a big empty spot in my life that the children and the ranch didn't fill. But my life is not like that, it is a tree, and I can stay in one place and spread out in all directions, and I can do more learning shading this brood of mine than if I was all alone.”

“It's not easy having a good marriage--but I don't want easy. Easy doesn't make you grow. Easy doesn't make you think. I thank God everyday that I am married to a man who makes me think. That's my definition of true love.”