“Even free spirits had to the face the music sometime.”

“If you don’t know where you’re going, you may miss it when you get there”

“Some days I hated my life. Turning forty, pre-menopausal migraines, single, gaining ten pounds in six months, not to mention having three, sometimes overbearing mothers, and an editor with no compassion. On the other hand, I had Kline, sort of, and there was my career, or what was left of it. I had a dog that idolized me, even if no one else did, and a house of my own. Those pluses should sustain me through my crises. So now, I would go home and write. It's what I do. -- Lilly Millenovanovich”

“Sometimes you had to be who you were and endure what happened to you, and to you alone, before you could understand the first thing about it.”

“Why do you always refer to vehicles as she?Because they can be temperamental and expensive and sometimes difficult to start, but every man wants one.”

“It's all so beautiful . . . the spring . . . and books and music and fires. . . . Why aren't they enough?”

“He turned to face me and his eyes widened. "Are you crying?"He sounded a little panicked, like the sight of a crying girl was scarier than anything that had happened over the past forty-eight hours.”