Quotes from Susan Wiggs

she learned early on that looking pretty wasn't always an advantage. Sometimes it attracted the wrong kind of attention.

Another thing Gran would say was imprinted on Annie's heart—remember the love. When times get hard and you start wondering why you got married in the first place, remember the love.

I came here to conquer you. And here I stay, a willing prisoner of your heart.

Life and death do not wait for legal action. —Daphne du Maurier

Life as it reveals itself is filled with riches. What will happen, will happen. Worrying will not affect the outcome.

they rarely spoke. They didn't need to, because they knew each other's hearts without words.

It's funny how much influence our parents have on us." "True.

Wake up & Smell The Hot Chocolate ! ~ Eddie Havens

understanding. The day she and Rand had broken up, her father had spoken with surprising insight: There's a kind of love that has the power to save you, to get you through life. It's like breathing. You have to do it or you'll die. And when it's over, your soul starts to bleed, Livvy. There's no pain in the world like it, I swear. Now, finally

I'm still figuring out who I am when I'm single." "Fair

When Darla told her parents she was pregnant, they made her leave. They were old-school. Said they couldn't handle the shame.

The cure for anything is salt water—sweat, tears, or the salt sea. —Isak Dinesen

I read books, …Like, all the time.

The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it." —Alan Saporta, American musician

I believe that for a lucky few, love can grow from what is truly important in life—honor, respect and recognition. Now, those are matters worth pursuing, wouldn't you say?

Everyone had pain. But not everyone had to stay hidden behind it.

but in a town full of nobodys, she's practically somebody.

She wore almost no jewelry, which Rosa later learned was characteristic of women from the oldest and wealthiest families. Ostentation was for the nouveau riche.

the main character saying things like "In my world, chocolate is a vegetable.

There were only a few things that truly mattered. Family and friends and connection. Understanding and selfless love.

This was the House that Jack Built, she thought, hearing the singsong rhythm of the old children's story in her head. And this was the wife who lived in the house that Jack built. And there was the mistress that screwed the husband that ignored the wife who lived in the house that Jack built....

Para um pai, querer coisas para os seus filhos não é a parte mais difícil - explicou ele.  - a parte mais difícil é convencer vocês a acreditar. Você precisa acreditar na possibilidade

He had vowed then to find a life that meant something, rather than waiting around for life to find him.

O que você mudaria em sua vida se pudesse começar tudo de novo, o que faria, quem seria, para onde iria é o que abraçaria?