“That is the most common excuse, and the most foolish of all. Love has never prevented a man from following his dreams. If she truly loves you, she will want the best for you.”

“There," she said. She rocked him back and forth. "There, you foolish, beautiful boy who wants to change the world. There, there. And who could keep from loving you? Who could keep from loving a boy so brave and true?”

“she may not be the most popular or prettiest but if you love her and she makes you smile.. what else matters?”

“A woman never tells you why she loves; she just tells you how she loves.”

“She would follow, her dream of love, the dictates of her heart that told her he was her all in all, the only man in all the world for her for love was the master guide. Come what might she would be wild, untrammelled, free.”

“If you want to love a parent you have to understand the incredible investment he or she has in you. If you are a parent, and you want to be loved, you have to deserve it.”

“Rue, who when you ask her what she loves most in the world, replies, of all things, “Music.”

“The most beautiful clothes that can dress a woman are the arms of the man she loves.”

“I always wanted her to say, "I love you, I’ll stand by you, you are very important to me," but she never did. She loved me inside, but I didn’t feel it.”

“She is my first and only love. Most people know that their first love will not be their only love. But for me, she is both.”