"All the things I thought I was - simple and plain and sometime funny - are very small words. They do not begin to describe me. They do not begin to express what is inside of me. I have value, and I have worth. I cannot be replaced like old shoes or taken for granted like tap water."
— Adriana Trigiani (Big Cherry Holler)

"Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved"
— Adriana Trigiani (Big Stone Gap)

"The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance, but live right in it, under its roof."
— Barbara Kingsolver (Animal Dreams)

""The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away."
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— Barbara Kingsolver

""If you can't aacept me at my worst then you don't deserve me at my best""
— Ann

"Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks."
— Holly Black (Ironside)

"Again Creb grunted. It was the usual noncommittal comment used by men when responding to a woman. It carried only enough meaning to indicate the woman had been understood, without acknowledging too much significance in what she said."
— Jean M. Auel

"Life is neither static nor unchanging. With no individuality, there can be no change, no adaptation and, in an inherently changing world, any species unable to adapt is also doomed."
— Jean M. Auel