I know I'm blessed to have a man who wants to be mine as much as he wants me to be his.

Violet

Somethings you will never forget, you just have to learn to live with it.

Willa Mae

Hollywood: It's like you are hell bent on telling me how much you don't need me, that I don’t fit in your life.
Violet: I don't need you, not like most folks talk about, but I want you with everything I've got in me, I want you. But I don't want to take your name like somebody owns me.

Your love story doesn't have to be over, Charley, that's up to you. You can stay distracted by your past or focus on your future.

Prosper

She's my soul mate. I can't help the package it comes in or what date is stamped on it. It just is what it is.

Hollywood

None of us are so strong that we can't find ourselves in dark places.

Prosper

Kids says things they don't always mean; adults do too.

Darla

Violet: Mama raised me to be a wife and mother. I thought that's what I was supposed to do but it just wasn't me. I wanted my own dream.
Nova: What was it?
Violet: That was the problem. I didn't know at the time.

Thirteen years. I didn't see it on his face, not once. Thirteen years.

Charley

I realized I never dreamed big enough. I didn't give myself permission.

Violet

All I knew is I needed to survive. Surviving and dreaming are two different things.

Violet

Nova: You do remember I'm just a writer, right?
Violet: Nova Bordelon you grew up in my kitchen on my hip. I taught you everything I know.