Romance Quote by Wendelin Van Draanen — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.”

“A painting is more than the sum of its parts,' he would tell me, and then go on to explain how the cow by itself is just a cow, and the meadow by itself is just grass and flowers, and the sun peeking through the trees is just a beam of light, but put them all together and you've got magic.”

“Proper lighting is everything, Julianna.”

“I had liked him for all the wrong reasons.”

“You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.”

“Plan B?' Ivy said. 'What is plan B?'”

“It's like there are a million screams caught inside of my chest but I have to keep them all in because what's the point of screaming if you'll never be heard.”

“You see yourself as very average, ordinary. And there is nothing ordinary about you, Rachel.”

“I know I am flaky, I accept that—and I know, as well, that I can mangle the good king’s English like no one else in my or the next ten governesses’ acquaintances, but that will not prevent me from speaking! I may not be as wise as you in the ways of the world, I may not have wounds that run as deeply or scars to wear upon my chest like medals of valor, but at least I don’t retreat and hide the moment a soul comes within reach of my fingers!”

“Looking at him, she saw her future and felt all the ragged tears in her heart heal themselves. "I fit," she whispered in marvel, stepping into him. "I fit with you.”

“Bathsheba looked at Benedict. "You never told me they were matchmaking.”