Elizabeth Chandler Quotes

“… you canʹt
always choose how you love a person. Love isnʹt logical or
fair. It just happens.”

“The problem for me is that I can't ever really see who Gregory is, any more than I can see what a mirror by itself looks like, because he reflects whoever's around him.”

“Things change when someone special comes into your life. Both sides have to give up things. The one thing you don't give up in a good relationship is you--whatever makes you most you. - Jim Olsten (Jane's Grandpa)”

“This isn't a game for me. I love you, Ivy, and one day you're going to believe me.”

“Change can be good. It just depends on what we make of it.”

“When you love someone, its never over. You move on, because you have to but you take them with you in your heart”

“I had discovered that there was something more painful than falling in love with someone who hasn't fallen for you; hurting that person-hurting him and not being able to do anything about it.”

“You fell in love with me?”

“Some people fall head over heels. Other people begin to fall without even knowing it—love grows like a spring flower beneath last autumn’s leaves and catches them by surprise.”

“Her joy with him was like nothing she had ever experienced. His love for her felt like a miracle.”

“Hey, does my stupidity give you the right to bruise a tender heart?"

"Yeah, yeah. I'm bruising a heart made of Play-Doh.”

“People fear anyone who differs from what is considered normal, and in a small town the idea of normal can be as narrow as the streets.”

“Who's that little brunette?" Suzanne asked. "I hate little petite types. Gregory doesn't look right with someone petite. Little face, little hands, little dainty feet."
"Big boobs," Beth said, glancing up.”

“Quick, how do you pick up a cat?"
"Buy her a drink.”

“i love you Ivy. I'll never stop loving you."
"I prayed for one more chance to reach you," he said, "to tell you how much I love you and to tell you to keep on loving. Someone else was meant for you, Ivy, and you were meant for someone else.”

“I'll never stop wanting to kiss you," he whispered.”

“dreams are shadows cast by truth shining on our darkest secrets”

“You've changed," he said. "You're-uh-"
"Yes?"
"Taller."
"I hope so. I was ten the last time you saw me."
"And your hair's really dark now-and short," he added.”

“Endings are beginnings, and beginnings are ours to turn into something good.”