“You can knock down kingdoms on a whim. What you need is someone to make sure you don't get hit by a carriage when you cross the street.”

“You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.”

“You can never get enough of what you don't need, because what you don't need won't satisfy you.”

“When you are knocked down you have two choices - stay down or get back up, stronger.”

“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.”

“Baby," she says in a harsh whisper, "in this world, lots of people will try to grind you down. They need you to be small so they can be big. You let them think whatever they want, but you make sure you get yours. You get yours.”

“Make sure when you fall you land on your back if you can see you can get up.”

“No matter how many times you get knocked down, keep getting back up. God sees your resolve. He sees your determination. And when you do everything you can do, that’s when God will step in and do what you can’t do.”

“But when you started dating someone, you could never be sure what you were getting into. You had to give someone a chance to show you who he really was… and believe him when he did.”

“He's hot like, the kind of hot that makes you stop walking on the street and get hit by traffic.”