“Love requires no return. It gives even when forsaken.”

“I don't know all you've done, but God knows. And even in the knowing, He chose to love you.”

“She didn’t know why it should seem strange that Darius fancied someone, but even as little as she knew him, it already seemed improbable, though not as improbable as someone fancying him in return.”

“I give you my name, my earthly possessions, and my eternal love. But of all the things I have, the thing I want most to give you are my eyes, these eyes that see how magnificently beautiful you are.”

“A perfect person is easy to love. But when somebody likes all your imperfections, well, that's when you know they really mean it.”

“The way to goodness," Borden had said, "is one of sacrifice. He who sacrifices will have it a hundred times returned.”

“What is real?" Asked the boy. "It is a thing that happens to you when a girl loves you for a long time. Not just to play with," Noah said. "But really loves you." "Does it hurt?" Asked the boy. "Sometimes. When you are real you don't mind being hurt.”