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It was just perfect, just right all at once.

—Sarah Dessen in That Summer

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I do believe in fate—not the blind fate that gives one no freedom of choice, but a fate that sets down a pattern for each of our lives and gives us choices, numerous choices, by which to find that pattern and be happy.

—Mary Balogh in Simply Love

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Being alone is much better than being around negative people out of loneliness or desperation.

—Bryant McGill in Simple Reminders

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It never even occurred to me that we wouldn't make it. And it never occurred to you that we would. You were just waiting for us to go down in flames. I thought we could get through anything.

—Kristan Higgins in My One and Only

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I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.

—Victor Hugo

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The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it.

—Franklin P. Jones

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Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised.

—Marilyn Manson

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The world is my lobster.

—Henry J. Tillman

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Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.

—Ben Hecht

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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.

—Paul Valéry

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It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

—Epicurus

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You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.

—Walter Hagen

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Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

—Gustave Flaubert

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Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.

—Henri Rousseau

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You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.

—Hunter S. Thompson

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