Quotes from Melissa de la Cruz

Sometimes it was better to keep Pandora's box closed.

Now that she decided she knew exactly what she wanted –him- she couldn't wait to break the news. And if he didn't want her, she could live with that – what she wouldn't be able to live with was if she never told him.

And while a pretty face is nice to wake up to, and adoring face is so much more rewarding.

Listen, Legs, I'm going to die anyway. I'm human. And I don't know about you, but I don't believe in visions of the future. I believe we choose our own destiny. You didn't give me a choice last time. You just left. But I'm here now. And I love you. Stay with me. Don't fear the future; we'll face it together.

A picture is worth a thousand texts.

You said we would never be separated, ever again. And we will not. Not ever. There is a way to be together always.

Leave it alone Schuyler. For your sake and mine.

Not that they were there to have fun—although with Kingsley Martin around, fun was never far from the agenda.

and Schuyler hoped with all her heart that he would never find out the truth.

But as they say, love is blind.

I can't let you take the risk. I love you too much. -Schuyler Then you would rather see me bonded to a women I do not love? -Jack

She still loved him, she would always love him, but it was the kind of love that was muted, safely seen through the rear-view window, like a place you used to call home but no longer visited. There would always be a wound there, but the healing had begun.

I know you would never leave me. I know you would never be able to make a decision, so I decided for you. -Oliver

He squeezed her hand one last time. Then Jack was gone and she was alone.

I can't think of anything I'm not grateful for.

There are families whose greatness lies in their past, and in their legacies, Mrs. Schuyler answered. That is a quality much to be admired, for tradition is what binds us as a society. But there are some families, like some nations, whose greatness is a future development, and that quality, though harder to discern than the prestige of manor houses and coats of arms and titles of rank and office, is no less valuable, if, indeed, not more so.

They were friends. That's all she ever seemed to have. Friends. She had enough of them.

All he had to do was love her, and he could do that. -Kingsley

Altogether, the first glimpse of his bride-which should have come as no surprise to Alex, standing there looking so lean and handsome himself-nearly brought him to his knees.

I shall love you and give myself up for you, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up- then Alex looked into Eliza's shining eyes and added a twist of his own-and I shall serve you with tenderness and respect, and encourage you to develop the gifts that God has given you.

Jack put a hand on his heart and nodded. I feel the same way about you.

This is why he never took these jobs anymore, Wes realized. It was too much-he couldn't save everybody-he couldn't even keep his solders alive, let alone in a line. Daran was lost, and while he was a jerk and a lowlife, he had still entrusted his life to Wes and Wes had failed him. He couldn't keep doing this, there were so many . . .and he was too young to watch so many kids die. Now he was being asked to save a few more . . . for what? So he could watch them starve?

This is college?' Schyler asked. 'or Downton Abbey?

She had an unusual name. She knew that much. It wasn't the kind of name that you found on ceramic coffee mugs at airport gift shops or emblazoned on mini-license plate souvenirs you could hang on your bedroom door after you returned from Disneyland. Her name was pretty and unusual and had meaning.