“But was it fate? Or was it our doing? I don't know.”

“Magic is a funny term,' she'd say. 'There is nothing supernatural about the earth. As long as you know what does what.”

“The truth is, time marches on and you have two choices: You move forward, come what may, and you experience all the sour and sweet things that fly at you from around corners, or you sit still. Don't sit still.”

“Do you love her?' she asked him.'Always have,' he said.'Then why in the world would you leave her alone?”

“I wouldn't want to live that life. I choose the pain. I chose the pain.”

“No matter how silly I think it all is, society is still society and we are not free of the burdens of hate.”

“I can still feel them there. His lips on mine. His words in my ear that day."Itsy, say you'll be my girl. My secret. Oh, please say it.”