You can always make time for people. The point is, you have to want to.

You know you love someone when they make all the ordinary moments feel extraordinary. When doing absolutely nothing feels like everything.

—Katie Kacvinsky in First Comes Love

I'd rather fail miserably pursuing my dreams than succeed at something I have to settle for.

—Katie Kacvinsky in First Comes Love

Don't worry about hurting me, if that's what you're afraid of. I want to get hurt. At least I'll feel something for a change.

—Katie Kacvinsky in Awaken

Life is too short to waste time on people who don't lift you up, who don't inspire you—they'll eventually drain you.

—Katie Kacvinsky in First Comes Love

I hope that when I die, people say about me, 'Boy, that guy sure owed me a lot of money.

—Jack Handey

Two people can care for each other but not want the same things.

—David Baldacci in The Christmas Train

I've always been a very good judge of people. That's why I like so very few of them.

—Donna VanLiere in The Christmas Note

Family isn't something that's supposed to be static, or set. People marry in, divorce out. They're born, they die. It's always evolving, turning into something else.

—Sarah Dessen in Lock and Key

Some people believe that holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes far more strength just to let go.

—Ann Landers