“Stick two different people with two different sets of expectations under one roof and it ain't always going to be shrimp and grits on Easter.”

“If relationships were hard, mariage was even harder... it seemed like most couples struggled. It went with the territory. What did Nana always say? Stick two different people with two different sets of expectations under one roof and it ain't always going to be shrimp and grits on Easter.”

“Expectation and fact are two different things that people usually cannot differentiate.”

“It took two," I said. "Two different people to make the Heartwood what it is. Two different experiences, grief and joy, combined. True love never has just one face, does it? It must always have two, or it isn't true love at all.”

“I keep telling this story - different people, different places, different times - but always you, always me, always this story, because a story is a tight rope between two worlds.”

“Despite their difference, because of their differences, they were a perfect mismatched set. Two sides of the same tarnished penny.”