“Sometimes shows became almost obsessively obscure, as with the gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa) shows of nineteenth-century Britain, when workingmen in the industrial counties of northern England and the Midlands formed themselves into societies, constituted with presidents, secretaries, and stewards, for the purpose of running gooseberry shows—weight being the decisive factor. Quite why this fruit, always something of a minority taste, should become the subject of what only could be described as a cult remains a mystery.”

“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.”