You shouldn’t let something that happened in the past stop you from having something that could be great in the present.

I think that the second we find ourselves asking ‘who am I?’ is the second we become the perfect person for the job.

Sometimes people didn’t set out to hide anything. Sometimes the walls came up so slowly that they weren’t noticed until it was too late.

Even if we do everything right, things are still going to go wrong.

Not all things are worth saving, you know. But some are worth every ounce of fight you can throw at them.

Dying is just part of living, honey.

Nothing good comes from hiding the ugly.

I guess that's what life is, though, isn't it? A whole bunch of little moments that don't seem significant or life-altering at the time, but when you look back . . .' She shook her head. 'I don't know. They become the most profoundly beautiful things.

When you grew up in a small town... obscurity was a luxury that didn't exist.

She doesn't sing in church anymore.""Maybe she realizes there's nothing to sing about.""Someday, Bethany, I hope you find out that you're wrong. There's so much to sing about.