Nothing had changed. I was the stupid one again. I was the girl who never understood who she was to people.
—Carol Rifka Brunt in Tell the Wolves I'm Home
One mistake can change the course of your life. You can never return to your original path or go back to the person you were.
—Lisa See in The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
I guess I just realized how everything we do affects not only our lives, but people around us, too. It sucks that one weak moment could change the entire course of someone's life.
—Cindi Madsen in All the Broken Pieces
It's not enough to find someone you love. You have to be ready for that love, and ready to make changes to welcome it into your life.
—Uzma Jalaluddin in Ayesha at Last
Really, when I look back on it, I did exactly what I had set out to do. I changed my life. I woke myself up. I rediscovered passions of every variety. I forced myself to take a little time. I found a way to bring some of who I used to be into who I was.
—Katherine Center in Everyone is Beautiful