Quotes from Sherryl Woods

The light of the Christmas star to you. The warmth of home and hearth to you. The cheer and goodwill of friends to you. The hope of a child-like heart to you. The joy of a thousand angels to you. The love of the Son and God's peace to you.

Relationships are never static. They have to evolve over time as the individuals in them change.

Isn't that what every woman secretly yearns for? she said lightly. to be totally swept off her feet?

Or is this just what you do? You start to get involved, get scared when the emotions are too much, and then dream up any excuse you can to run? Or to invite the other person to dump you?

You see, the thing about dreams is that it's never really too late to make them come true.

Many a woman has been fooled by a persuasive man on his best behavior," Greta said. "Some of them do have good in them. Some are bad right down to the bone.

listen, even if you don't want to hear

I thought we'd be a family always, but sometimes life doesn't work out the way we expect. When it doesn't, we just have to accept it and make the best of things.

Some people are just optimists," Helen told her. "Or maybe there's something about love that can make you forget all the odds and statistics and pain.

it is the people who live in our hearts who make us strong, who give us hope. There may be tears along the way, but in the end without those we love, there can be no true happiness.

The man can kiss like it's an Olympic event and he's going for the gold.

I don't care what flaws any of you might have. My job is to advise you if you want to hear it, listen when you need to talk, but most of all to love you, no matter what.

Teenagers are going to make mistakes, more than likely a lot of them. All we can do is be there to pick up the pieces, and hope they learn from them.

Smart people don't wallow in self-pity. They find a new dream.

That was the thing about best friends, she supposed. Sometimes they just acted without waiting to be asked.

There's no place like home, especially if it's Serenity, South Carolina.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.

I'd like to see one of those classroom cops stay objective when they find a kid's blood splattered all over the sidewalk in front of her own house. It never gets any easier, does it?" "I don't think it's supposed to," Walker said. "If we get used to it, we're as bad as they are.

Aidan quickly shook his head. It wouldn't

Life was full of risks. Avoiding them might be comfortable, but was it really living?

You changed my life," He amended. "You didn't mess it up. It's so much better because the two of you are with me. I don't think I'd realized just how much I missed being with family until you and Mandy came to live with me. Nothing matters more to me than your happiness and Mandy's. It kills me to think you're so unhappy that you'd rather die than be with you.

She blinked back a fresh batch of tears. "You won't give up on me?" "Never," he said fiercely. "You, me and Mandy, we're a team. I know it was always just the two of you, but I'm here now, and I am always on your side. If one of us is in trouble, the other two will be there. That's the way it works. I promise.

Heather hid a smile at the

You can go anywhere in the whole world you want to go in a book.