“When it comes to matters of the heart, rules don't matter.”

“I'm a coward when it comes to matters of the heart. That is my fatal flaw.”

“With love, there are no rules. The heart decides and what it decides is all that really matters.”

“It's not that simple or clear-cut - and I wonder if it ever is when it comes to matters of the heart.”

“When did it come to Davy Land that exile is a country of shifting borders, hard to quit yet hard to endure, no matter your wide shoulders, no matter your toughened heart?”

“August: You know, somethings don't matter that much...like the color of a house...But lifting a person's heart--now that matters. The whole problem with people--"Lily: They don't know what matters and what doesn't...August:...They know what matters, but they don't choose it...The hardest thing on earth is to choose what matters.”