Jessica

“I shan't mind if you don't," he agreed. "But I'll not let you go, Prudence. Til not pester you, but know this: I will wait until you choose to listen to your heart."

"Pshaw." It was a feeble effort. She took a deep breath and tried again. "Humbug! How can you presume to know my heart?"

He smiled a slow, devastating smile. "You are my heart." He lifted her hand and kissed it. "And our hearts beat in tune. I know it—I, who used not to believe in such things. And you know it.”
― Anne Gracie, The Perfect Rake

“The battle was over. Our casualties were some thirteen thousand killed--thirteen thousand minds, memories, loves, sensations, worlds, universes--because the human mind is more a universe than the universe itself--and all for a few hundred yards of useless mud.”
― John Fowles, The Magus

“Let all beings in all the worlds be happy. Include this universal prayer in your prayers every day. This is my birthday message to you.”
― Sri Satya Sai Baba

“You learned to accept, or you ended up in a small room writing letters home with Crayolas.”
― Stephen King, Pet Sematary