“Anything worth anything can be found in books.”

“I've found out that falling in love doesn't have anything to do with time. It can take a year or an instant. It happens when it's ready to happen.”

“You can fix anything but a blank page.”

“Courage comes in different forms. There's strength--that's the muscle. But love's the heart. When you put them together, you can do anything.”

“And yet, anything real, anything strong, was never easy. She'd been taught from an early age that the things that mattered most were the hardest to obtain.”

“Make a life with me, one that comes from love, one that I can watch grow in you. Only a fool would believe that what comes from what we have together would be anything but beautiful.”

“A woman who can threaten your life before breakfast is the only sort of woman worth having.”