"Discourtesy is unspeakably ugly to me,"

-- Hannibal

“Ignorant people, whispering cruel rumors, her mother whispered. Pay them no mind.”
“We can heal ourselves by changing the environment inside our bodies. Potentially harmful invaders, then, will have nowhere to grow and will become harmless.”
“You make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing.”

Source : Kate Morton (2009). “The Forgotten Garden: A Novel”, p.463, Simon and Schuster
“Could a father not marry his son?”
“[Eva Braun] always called him der FÃ¼hrer to us. It was ridiculous, but she never changed that.”
“An individual's state of consciousness (awareness) simply means his ability to accept change in his life. It includes new thoughts and new feelings, and the new behavior and actions that will naturally come as a result.”
“Being in love isn't the only way of loving. I realized with all my being that if you loved somebody- it didn't matter who it was- and dedicated yourself to bringing joy to your loved one, you, too, would be redeemed.”
“I wouldn't want a boy to think I was pretty unless he was the kind of boy who thought I was pretty.”

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