“I was too stubborn to really take on what she was saying. But we're all guilty sometimes of only listening to what we want to hear.”

“You can't do anything about the past, it's done and can't be mended. But the future is different, if you just think what you really want and reach out and take it.”

“Hate was a far easier emotion to deal with sometimes. It burned fiercely and eventually died. Love stayed.”

“So how do you know when the boy's perfect for you?' Dulcie askedBetty gave her a tender look. 'You'll just know. That sounds vague, I know, but it's true.”

“Now, tomorrow you got to put on a happy face, not for me, nor May, or anyone else, just for yourself. 'Cause that's a magic trick I learned a long time ago, if you look like you're happy, you soon get to be.”

“Don't ever say that, Fennrys," she said. "I don't ever want to hear you say that you don't deserve or you aren't worthy. You do. You are.”

“The wise have pitied the fool that hath striven to give a life In the world of time and space among the bulks of actual things,To dream that was dreamed in the heart, and that only the heart could hold.Oh wise men, riddle me this: What if the dream come true?”