“I should let people in. If they leave, they leave. If I break, I break. It happens to everyone. Right?”

“Right now everyone is drinking bad wine made of sour grapes and hysteria. Let them drink it, and let them regret it in the morning.”

“I'm going out with Colin Osgood today, and he's meeting me here. If you start making kissy noises, I will strip you of all your coffee privileges.Rachel pretended to think seriously about it, then asked, "Can I make a joke?" "No." "A limerick?" "No." "Can I hum the "Wedding March" as you leave?" "No.”

“I needed to stop being what everyone thought I was.”

“But that would leave Paxton to fend for herself, and the last thing any woman wanted in this kind of situation was to look around and see all the people who could help her doing nothing.”

“She looked like autumn, when leaves turned and fruit ripened.”

“Every life needs a little space. It leaves room for good things to enter it.”