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Believe that coincidences happen for a reason. And sometimes they change something in us.

—Corina Bomann in The Moonlit Garden

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No second chances. It's not so much about morality, but about my inability to forgive. I'm a champion grudge holder, and I don't think I could change this about myself even if I wanted to.

—Emily Giffin in Baby Proof

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There was a time when I had all of his attention and loved it. As much as I wanted him to leave me alone, I also liked how he seemed surprised. I liked the way he was looking at me right now. And then I remembered that I hated him.

—Penelope Douglas in Bully

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You could only save someone that wanted to be saved; otherwise, you'd be be dragged down for the count, too.

—Jodi Picoult in Change of Heart

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Love doesn't always go the way we hope, but that doesn't mean we can stop living. It doesn't mean love isn't a beautiful thing.

—Heather Burch in One Lavender Ribbon

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You don't get anything clean without getting something else dirty.

—Cecil Baxter

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Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.

—William Feather

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Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.

—Henry Van Dyke

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Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop, The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one.

—Edward Fitzgerald

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It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish.

—Stephen Leacock

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I came to the realization that I needed to become my best self in order to attract the kind of guy I would want to marry. If I wanted someone truly fabulous, I had better become truly fabulous first.

—Ian Kerner in Be Honest—You're Not That Into Him Either

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Maybe bad things happen because it's the only way we can keep remembering what good is supposed to look like.

—Jodi Picoult in Nineteen Minutes

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How was it possible to miss something you no longer wanted?

—Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in Americanah

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Stuffed deer heads on walls are bad enough, but it's worse when they are wearing dark glasses and have streamers in their antlers because then you know they were enjoying themselves at a party when they were shot.

—Ellen DeGeneres

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