“Once you realise you love someone is when it is all over”

“That's the question isn't it? Is Henry Blaire real? Its definitely what I get asked the most. And all I can say is -- what do you define as real? The pages of the book are real, so therefore he is too.”

“Pain is the enemy. It is a ghost. I will allow it to wash over me, through me, leaving nothing in its wake.”

“Without warning, he jumped into the air. Startled, I held him tighter, my cheek against his. Speaking into my ear, he said, “Yer not too tall, nor too thin, nor do ye weigh too much. Yer perfect the way ye are, lass. A man that does not possess the strength, patience and intelligence to provide fer and protect a woman is no man at all.”

“I'm sorry, ladies, but Mr. Johnson will not be making any second dates.”

“When someone dies, you don't get over it by forgetting; you get over it by remembering, and you are aware that no person is ever truly lost or gone once they have been in our life and loved us, as we have loved them.”

“Once you realise there's nothing to be afraid of when you die, there's nothing else to worry about.”