“Don't they always go from bad to worse? There's no turning back--your
old self rejects you, and shuts you out. ~Lilly Bart”

“For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lillies that fester smell far worse than weeds.”

“You might think you made a new world or a new self, but your old self is always gonna be there, just below the surface, and if something happens, it'll stick its head out and say 'Hi.' You don't seem to realize that. You were made somewhere else.”

“What's the point of living if you're going to hate the world? Guard your heart if you have to, but don't shut it away.”

“If you would know Christ at all, you must go to Him as a sinful man, or you are shut out from Him altogether.”

“Once, maybe I would have thought you a fool, but… well, that's kind of what trust is, isn't it? A willful self-delusion? You have to shut out that voice that whispers about betrayal, and just hope that your friends aren't going to hurt you.”

“There are alway going to be bad things. But you can write it down and make a song out of it.”

“If you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward.”

“Caroline, do you value your neck?"
"Yes, I'm rather fond of it. Why?"
"Because if you don't shut up, I'm going to wring it.”

“You don't pay back your parents. You can't. The debt you owe them gets collected by your children, who hand it down in turn.”