“It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.”

“It’s like having to make a choice: a blessing or a curse. The one thing you can’t do is choose neither.”

“We buy things we do not need to impress people we do not like.”

“We all make mistakes and do things we wish we could take back, but it is what we do after that truly matters…and I like your after.”

“We don't want to lose you Lord Rahl. We don't want to go back to way things were." She sounded on the verge of tears. "We like being able to do simple things, like make a joke, and laugh. We could never do such things before. We always lived in fear that if we said the wrong thing we would be beaten, or worse. Now that we have seen another way, we don't want to go back to that. If you throw your life away for the Midlands, then we will.- Cara”

“The problem with life is, we often do things that will ultimately be self-destructive and make us unhappy, yet in that moment it seems like the best idea in the world. You have to be careful of moments - they're tricksy things.”