Quotes from Laura Fitzgerald

Given enough time and distance, the heart will always heal.

Courteous men learn courtesy from the discourteous.

When the only answer a little girl ever receives is no, from her parents or her teachers or her world, at some point she stops asking for what she wants. She begins to expect nothing, so as not to be disappointed when that exactly what she gets. But, it turns out, I do have wants.

As I watch him, a sudden recognition comes over me: Tonight, I can be anyone I want… maybe being happy only means living in the moment, appreciating the exact moment you're in and not thinking about the worries of the future.

It's the contradiction of life, if I were with them,I would only wish to be far away. Now that I am far away, all I do is wish for one more day surrounded by them

Freedom, I am beginning to realize, means not even being aware you're free.

When fun is forbidden, it is all the more treasured.

Courteous people learn courtesy from the discourteous

I am reminded once again that the best things about America are the little things, the little freedoms that Americans don't think twice about.

It still astounds me, and makes me envious, to see how men and women can sit together so freely and talk. They have no idea what a luxury this is. Freedom, I am beginning to realize, means not even being aware you're free.

America is all about freedom of choice.

America is all about live and let live.