“The best smell in the world is that man that you love.”

“The best love in the world, is the love of a man. The love of a man who came from your womb, the love of your son! I don't have a daughter, but maybe the love of a daughter is the best, too. I am first and foremost me, but right after that, I am a mother. The best thing that I can ever be, is me. But the best gift that I will ever have, is being a mother.”

“I inhale, and the two best smells in my world get trapped in my lungs: the salty, cool sting of the ocean in the morning and sweet, morning-sweaty smell of Whit.”

“You are the only person who loves me in the world," said Elizabeth. "When you talk to me I smell violets.”

“To leave the world a little better than you found it. That's the best a man can ever do.”

“You know what the crummiest feeling you can have is? To hate the person you love the best in the world.”