Quotes from Robyn Carr

regrets— I look back and ask myself if I didn't do a certain thing that I'm really ashamed of, how would that change the present? What would it erase from my current life? What if I hadn't been such a badass idiot back then? Would I have learned the cost of that recklessness? Would you be here? There are things I'm totally ashamed of that I wouldn't change.

I hate to give Seth chores. Usually when he comes, I leave

And he wanted someone to care enough about him to try to find him. He wanted someone to love him. It had been so long since anyone had loved him. But

I know, I know, but there was something about the pains we had as kids, the melodrama and agony over things that didn't really matter but mattered so much just the same….

There is an antidote to sadness—it is gratitude. There's a great trick to escaping the pain of loss, and that is giving.

Goodbye, Luke. You were everything. You were all I needed. I'm sorry I wasn't enough for you. Maybe someday you'll meet someone who is." When

As we enter a season of loving, healing, forgiving…a season of promise…so many of us will look to the heavens for that star. I think, sometimes, that star is in our hearts as well.

From the time they glanced down and noticed they were males, they assumed the dominant role.

She was everything he avoided—youth, innocence, inexperience. And she had everything he wanted—guts, wisdom and compassion.

Michigan, the state that invented winter.

She talked to him everyday; she told him everything, rarely making a decision without having a conversation with him first. Even those decisions that had little to do with him, like what subject to choose for a paper she was writing.

I'm not alone, Shelby," she said patiently. I'm on my own – there's a difference...

You don't cry over something like that and the tears turn into snakes that eat you from the inside out. The crying part—it's required.

Why aren't you on the pill?" "Hmm. Because I gave up men…." He chuckled, low in his throat. "How's that working out for you….?" "I was fine until you. You've messed up a lot of my plans." "You played hell on mine, too," he groaned, lifting her T-shirt over her head, tossing it and steering her toward the bed.

Lesson number one, when you know someone is lying, trust yourself, not him!

Leslie, it doesn't matter how other people feel about your spouse! Don't you see? You chose him, you had to live with him, he was your package to adore or be fed up with! Once you made your choice, I didn't have a right to an opinion.

The thing about nagging is that it's not nagging if you ask a person once. It only becomes nagging when you're asking for the fortieth time.

Let's all say a little prayer that gives God permission to guide us in the right direction, in doing good, mending hurts, healing hearts, asking for forgiveness. And then we'll sing.

Ellie, your grandmother must have been incredible. I wish I could've met her." She sighed. "She totally rocked. I miss her so much sometimes." She swallowed. "Seems unfair sometimes. Jason… My gramma… Two people I loved so much are already gone." Noah did an uncharacteristic thing. He reached across the front seat and grabbed her hand, giving it a squeeze. Because he understood that. *

Every time his eyes even fell on her, he felt himself swell with pride that she would choose him. It

In our family, we don't hide crazy...we put it on the porch and give it a cocktail.

A deep sigh escaped him and he tightened his arms. He was just beginning to admit it to himself—he was in love with her. Totally gone.

After a little while, Jack pulled him up, hoisted him over his shoulder and carried him about a mile down the road to meet their convoy. And Jack had said, Let it out, buddy. After you get it all out, you stick to me like duct tape—I'm your mother now.

For Vanni and Paul, Joe designed a larger version of Paul's house, but with changes that although slight, gave it a different appearance altogether, so it didn't look like a copy and was better suited for a growing family. The features they loved were there—the wide hallways, spacious rooms, high ceilings, large garage. And it had to have more bedrooms—Paul was going to fill her with babies. He