“Whenever there is a break up, it's usually not the fault of just one party. Both are usually at fault”

“It's not the heart that decides, or still less the brain, but rather it's the voice in the throat that goes ahead into all these risks.”

“Folks who talk about no violence are always the ones who are first to call a policeman and usually they are sure there is one handy.”

“It's hard for a man to know exactly when a woman doesn't trust him anymore. Maybe it's because a women goes on trying to have faith, knowing her faith is important, and so she tries not to identify a particular moment she stops respecting him. Only later can she look back and see a time when something inside her decided.”

“It's not your fault," Carlisle comforted me with a chuckle. "It could happen to anyone.""Could," I repeated. "But it usually just happens to me.”

“When one heart opens to another heart, it usually results in love.”

“I don't believe in the Republican party or the Democratic party. I just believe in parties.”