“There's just no happily ever after in Janie's book.But they both know there is something. Something good between them.There is respect.And there is depth.Unslefishness.An understanding between them that surpasses a hell of a lot else.And there's that love thing.”
“Love is not sufficient. It never has been. Stories that claim otherwise are lies. There's always SOMETHING after happily ever after.”
“There's a big difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.”
“Growing up, it seemed, was just a series of disenchantments. First you find out there's no Santa Claus; then you find out there's no such thing as happily-ever-after.”
“There's all the difference in the world between having something to say, and having to say something.”
“I've become to realize there's a world of difference between knowing something happened, even knowing why it happened, and believing it.”