“You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.”

“One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

“He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”

“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”

“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”

“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”