“Improving upon nature is the very essence of plant breeding, and so it goes to the heart of one of the central debates of the human condition: the relationship between humanity and nature and the degree to which the human race has a right (or indeed a responsibility) to change plant life for its own ends.”

“Three years? That's a thousand tomorrows, ma'am.”

“Love is what happens when we forgive. I forgive Connor Evans. A part of me will always love him, but from this day on I won't hate him. Not for one minute. I forgive him because he gave me Max.”

“You have one chance to write the story of your life. Make it a bestseller.”

“Love well, laugh often and live well for Christ.”

“Lasting peace is only found through a lifesaving relationship wit Jesus Christ... knowing Christ means that all the world might be falling apart just outside your front door, maybe just inside it - yet that inner peace, that inner knowing, remains unshaken.”

“Goodbyes are on of the hardest things about life. One way or another people were always leaving... Always moving on.”

“More tears rushed from the depths of her tortured soul. ... The losses piled up.”

“Forgiveness makes you feel better. As soon as you forgive, you're free.”

“But the Beast was a good person...the Prince looked on the outside the way the Beast was on the inside. Sometimes people couldn't see the inside of the person unless they like the outside of a person. Because they hadn't learned to hear the music yet.”

“The truth was this: Love is a decision.”