“When searching for justice, what you sometimes find is just more trouble.”

“The Lord giveth and the world taketh away.”

“Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, "I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.”

“Good thing or bad thing must surely come to an end but absoluety nothing last forever”

“We can give to those who will give back to us. But we're more blessed when we give to those who cannot; that's giving mercy.”

“Don't regret what might have been. Accept what is and rejoice in what is yet to be.”

“What's it like to fall in love, Tessie?" I asked.She gazed into the darkness for a long moment, then her smile widened. "Well, when you see that certain man you heart flies like paper on the wind--don't matter if you just see him one minute ago or one year ago. When you with him, ain't nothing or nobody else in the whole world but him. You might be walking down the same old street you walk on every day, but if you with him, your feet don't hardly touch the ground anymore, like you just floating on a little cloud. And, honey, you want his arms to be around you more than you want air to breathe.”