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1 " As I grow ever closer to the end of my time, I look back at this life and tell you that the only thing I would wish to give up is the regret I've carried in my heart for all these years. At long last I have come to realize the things I once counted as regrets were indeed blessings that I was too blind to see. "
― Bette Lee Crosby , The Regrets of Cyrus Dodd (Wyattsville, #4)
2 " It's no such thing! she said. It's friendship! And if you're a man who can't tell friendship from charity, then you're to be pitied! "
3 " Church words are easy to say, but they're not so easy to live by. "
4 " As sorry as I feel for myself, I feel even sorrier for her. I know she's afraid of staying and equally as frightened of going. Just as this land is a part of me, this house is a part of her. Selling off these things piece by piece is like cutting away chunks of her heart. I promised to make it better, but only God knows whether or not that's a promise I'll be able to keep. "
5 " Cyrus is the meat and potatoes of my life, but Prudence was a cupcake I could enjoy just for the sheer sweetness of being with her. "
6 " He searched his mind for something more to say, something to take away her pain, but he could find nothing. There were no words to ease such a pain. He knew because the ache in his heart was as great as hers. "
7 " Here's to the future, he said and lifted the glass to his mouth. There was a lump of regret stuck in his throat as he spoke the words, but he washed it down with the whiskey. "
8 " A man's pride will cause him to do things you never dreamed possible. He got fired up about being right and blocked out everything else. "
9 " A man cannot change who he is. He can only hope that with age comes the wisdom to see his folly. I would like to believe I have achieved that. "
