"Once the children were in the house, the air became more vivid and more heated; every object in the house grew more alive." -Mary Gordon-
"Shared joy is double joy, and shared sorrow is half sorrow." -Swedish Proverb-
"Is nothing in life ever straight and clear; the way children see it?" -Rosie Thomas-
"The healthy and strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it, whether he's got an abcess on his knee or in his soul." -Rona Barret-
"Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts." -Margaret Lee Runbeck-
"Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling into at night. I miss you like hell." -Edna St. Vincent Millay-
"Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of." -Sarah Orne Jewett-
"My only sketch, profile, of Heaven is a large blue sky, and larger than the biggest I have seen in June~and in it are my friends~everyone one of them." -Emily Dickenson-
"What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?" -Louisa May Alcott-
"The little things~That make life sweet~Are worth their weight in gold~They can't be bought~At any price~And neither are they sold. -Estelle Waite Hoover-
"A friend is one who knows all about you and likes you anyway." -Christi May Warner-
"If I knew you and you knew me~IF both of us could clearly see~And with an inner sight divine~The meaning of your heart and mine~I'm sure that we would differ less~And clasp our hands in friendliness~Our thoughts would pleasantly agree~If I knew you and you knew me" -Nixon Watermon-
"You may search my time worn face~You'll find a merry eye that twinkles~I am NOT an old lady~Just a little girl with wrinkles." -Edyth E. Bregnard-
"Sometimes I just don't understand people. They make all these beautiful things, and plant their flowers, and write songs, and rather than come together and appreciate it all, they fight and argue over who it all belongs to." -Lacey Masters-
"You know...I think back to when I was 20 years old...and I wonder 'Would I have changed anything about my life?' I can pinpoint a whole bunch of things, but the one thing I would never change is having you as my daughter." -Cindi Dimond, aka Ma-
"I'd give myself up for your sin...open up I'm falling in..." -Gravity Kills, from the song "Never" off of their self titled CD-
"I would rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not." -From a Hot Topic sticker-
"Damnit, why must you females be so complicated?" "Well Layne, maybe you males should just stop complicating us." -a conversation between Layne and Elle-
"Pour yourself all over me...And I'll cherish every drop here on my knees..." -"Im Gonna Love You Forever" sung by Jessica Simpson, from her "Sweet Kisses" CD.