Quotes from Suzanne Harper

Problems can be fixed. But unrequited love is a tragedy.

She looked like an angel who had decided that it was far more amusing to be wicked than to be good.

Of course, all knowledge is useful. But not all knowledge is worth the cost.

Let this night remind us to celebrate love, whenever it comes, in whatever form it appears, however enduring or fleeting it may be. For whether we search for love or are surprised by it, it always transforms us in ways we never expect.

Learning to cover a mistake is as important as getting everything right.

After a moment, she said, "Yes. I think she will be good for you." "You do?" He couldn't keep the surprise out of his voice. "Si." She smiled grimly. "She will break your heart and leave you shattered and alone." She paused to think that over, then nodded approvingly to herself. "It will make you a man.

We should always prepare for the tests that we know about. After all, there are so many that surprise us.

He wanted to dismiss Saint Rosaline's comments out of hand, but this was impossible because he knew that the comments came from the recesses of this own mink. Either that, or he was truly going mad, which at this point seemed like an attractive option.

Well, you already knew that life isn't fair, right?" he said. "I guess death isn't either.

I realized that Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love and get married and die in three days, which is like a super-condensed version of what happens to most people over their whole life. One way or the other, you end up losing the person, but you still are happy that you loved them. I mean, Uncle Dub wouldn't have wished that he had never met Aunt Zinnia, just because he knew that one day she wouldn't be in his life anymore.

Looks aren't everything," Kate said. "After all," she quoted, "'the devil hath power t'assume a pleasing shape.

Muttering a curse, he wiped his face with a towel and wondered why everyone suddenly felt that they had to offer an opinion on his love life, although he was fairly sure he had never asked for anyone's views on the matter.

That's what I'm talking about!' Grandma Bee said, vindicated. 'He can hunt for food the way his ancestors did! Eating meals from a can is an insult to his noble lineage.

You should always use your own words when telling a girl that you love her.

Given enough time, the impossible becomes possible.

A complicated life is an interesting life.

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Just wait," Sarah had told her. "Just wait until you fall in love. It will happen, boom , just like that! Like an earthquake or an explosion or a lightning bolt! Then you'll see!" "It sounds dangerous," Kate had said. "And painful." "The danger is what makes it fun," Annie had said, her blue eyes sparkling.

You may have read the poetry, but you haven't lived it. And that's what makes the difference.

Kate saw the Practically Perfect Ashley Lawson feed Jerome a french fry. "Nauseating," Annie said. "I'll probably have to have my stomach pumped.

Listen," Kate interrupted. "I am going to Italy to study Shakespeare , not to fall in love." The cell phone thrummed with silent disappointment. "In fact," she went on, "I consider myself lucky to have dated Jerome—" "Because you found the state of complete boredom restful?" Annie murmured.

Villa Marchese ," she murmured, a shiver of excitement running through her. " Bellisima! " But her father glared, first at the villa, then at her. "Indeed," he said coldly. "It's amazing what the wages of sin can buy these days.

You look very disapproving," he said lightly. "That's because I am disapproving," she answered. Not the faintest trace of a smile. Giacomo sighed. Probably not his type. "Well, Juliet's House does attract such romantic young ladies," he said. "It seems a shame to disappoint them." "Your work for the tourism board must keep you busy." Was there a sarcastic edge to her voice? Definitely not his type.

Do you see Professoressa Marchese?" "No." His eyes narrowed dangerously as he glanced from one person to another. "Of course, I'm not sure what she looks like these days. Once she became rich and famous, she stopped attending conferences. Too busy to toil in the groves of academia with the rest of us." He added waspishly, "And she's been using that same author photo for at least twenty years. Too vain to let the years show, I suppose.