“ He remembered hearing Karl tell James once that it was hard for people to ever know what they really looked like. Reflections in mirrors weren’t accurate, Karl said, because when you stared at yoursel… Elise Broach
“ This was different: the feeling of being chosen. Out of everybody in the world...this boy had picked him as the one he liked best of all. Elise Broach
“ I suppose we never know what we have the capacity to forgive until we're truly tested. Elise Broach
“ My dad always says, some people will treat you badly and you can't help that. But how you handle it and how it makes you feel, that's up to you. Elise Broach
“ A person's birthday should be a special day, a wonderful day, a day of pure celebration for the luck of being born! Elise Broach
“ That was the very heart of friendship...your willingness to help each other in a jam, to take a friend's problems as your very own. Elise Broach
“ But really, there are no coincidences. Coincidences are just other people's choices, plans you don't know about. Elise Broach
“ A great friendship was like a great work of art, he thought. It took time and attention, and a spark of something that was impossible to describe. It was a happy, lucky accident, finding some kindred… Elise Broach
“ He HAD seen the world. It had been scary at times, but also exhilarating. Who could have imagined it would be such a complicated, interesting place?...When you saw different parts of the world, you sa… Elise Broach
“ She could see it now, what her father loved about Shakespeare, about that entire, mysterious time, with its pomp and majesty, secrets and betrayals. Elise Broach
“ The treasure secretly gathered in your heart will become evident through your creative work.—Albrecht Durer Elise Broach
“ It's strange, isn't it? One small bit of information - a private relationship, something that happened a long time ago - and the whole story seems different. Elise Broach
