They wouldn't call it falling in love if you didn't get hurt sometimes, but you just pick yourself up and move on.

Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen.

—Hugh Elliott

Nobody sees a flower—really—it is so small it takes time—we haven't time—and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.

—Hugh Elliott

Death can sneak up on you like a silent kitten, surprising you with it's touch and you have a right to act surprised. Other times death stomps in the front door, unwanted and unannounced, and makes it's noisy way to your seat on the sofa.

—Hugh Elliott

Pale Death with impartial tread beats at the poor man's cottage door and at the palaces of kings.

—Hugh Elliott

Sometimes letting go and forgiving others and yourself is the only way to move forward in life.

—J.S. Cooper in The Other Side of Love

The first boy is always the hardest to get over. It's just the way the world works.

—Sarah Dessen in That Summer

You get through it, you just never get over it.

—Jodi Picoult in Plain Truth

I can't bring myself to say, 'Well, I guess I'll be toddling along.' It isn't that I can't toddle. It's just that I can't guess I'll toddle.

—Robert Benchley

I don't want to make the same mistake twice. I don't want to tell myself it's over when it's not.

—Jodi Picoult in My Sister's Keeper