Quotes from Luanne Rice

Sometimes waiting is the hardest thing of all.

Love is the easiest thing there is. It's the layers of doubt, fear, and expectation that make it complicated.

The biggest mistake any of us can make is thinking that love is a feeling, an emotion. It's not that at all. It's an action.

Goodbyes were impossible, unless you didn't realize you were saying them.

Sometimes it's more generous to take than give, he said. "How?" Caroline asked. "To let the other person give you what he has to offer. If you're always the one giving, you never have to feel disappointed, because you don't expect anything in return. But it's miserly in its own way. Because you never leave yourself open or give the other person a chance.

The music never leaves. Once you have it, you can't lose it.

Clear nights are sometimes the coldest.

Judgment is easy: it is black and white, as brutal as a gavel strike.

happy endings start with new beginnings.

never judge anyone by their appearance, or the car they drive, or the house they live in, or even by the words they say. judge people by their actions. that's how you know whether they're bad or good." - perfect Summer

Our stories remind us how precious and fragile life can be-- and that we must risk our hearts everyday to know happiness.

Beach girls now, beach girls tomorrow, beach girls till the end of time.

You fall in love with the girl next door but married her sister.

Some feelings are stronger than fear: love, longing, desire.

We think we've seen it all before, we think we know it all by heart.

A good sailor knows everything is always changing.

Missing pieces do more than complete the puzzle, they fill in an empty space.

Sometimes you have to act a little crazy just to stay sane.

The patients there were mostly teenaged girls, with the occasional boy. I thought of us all as tigers with thorns in our paws. We were beautiful beasts who'd gotten injured by life, by loss or trauma or shock, and if we could just get the splinters out of our paws, we'd be fine. My thorn was the fact that my mother had left me. Megan

Before dawn, the air smelled of lemons.

He wouldn't try to make her feel better about something if it meant telling her a lie.

People who don't like doing things together probably...well probably shouldn't get married.

Something you always look for, but never know when it's going to happen

Hugh had been her obsession. When he was away, she had assumed he was with other women. It drove her crazy, dominated her thoughts. She had tried to concentrate on her daughters, but her own insecurity was much too huge. When Skye would beg for a story or Clea would need help with her music lessons, Augusta would tell them to ask Caroline. So Augusta could be with Hugh.