"If my life wasn't funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable."
— Carrie Fisher

"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...," He murmured.
"What a stupid lamb, " I sighed.
"What a sick, masochistic lion."
— Stephenie Meyer

"You dont love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not"
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)

"You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love. "
— Nicolas Sparks ~ "The Notebook"

"Never take it seriously. If you never take it seriously, you never get hurt. If you never get hurt, you always have fun. And if you ever get lonely... just go to the record store and visit your friends."
— Almost Famous

"If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn't be filled?"
— Jodi Picoult (Nineteen Minutes)

"When you love someone you let them take care of you."
— Jodi Picoult

"If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?"
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)

""You don't need water to feel like you're drowning, do you?" "
— Jodi Picoult (Nineteen Minutes)

"My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her."
— Jodi Picoult

"Some lessons can't be taught, they simply have to be learned."
— Jodi Picoult (Vanishing Acts)

"Books may well be the only true magic."
— Alice Hoffman

"It doesn't matter what people tell you. It doesn't matter what they might say. Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction."
— Alice Hoffman (Practical Magic)

"Here's the thing about luck...you don't know if it's good or bad until you have some perspective."
— Alice Hoffman (Local Girls)

"Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back."
— Alice Hoffman

"I'm an introvert...I love being by myself, love being outdoors, love taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees,flowers,the sky."
— Audrey Hepburn