Mary

“A house you came to love was like a person, and loved you back, and then you belonged to it forever.”
― Elswyth Thane, Ever After

“Mind who you love. For that matter, mind how you are loved.”
― Julia Glass, Three Junes

“It's nice to be loved for one's faults and not one's virtues!" "...Knowing that whatever you do or however badly you behave, he still feels the way he said just now." "But if people really love each other their faults don't matter," said Bracken..Dinah regarded him with large, serious eyes. "I wonder how many people could say that," she murmured.”
― Elswyth Thane, Ever After

“Nobody gets everything in this life. You decide your priorities and you make your choices. I'd decided long ago that any cake I had would be eaten.”
― Donald E. Westlake, Two Much