617 quotes found
“But I want you,” he smiles at me. “Not just to make me a king. I’ve always wanted you. Despite it all, you are still the bride I would choose. I do choose you.”
“I've read all of the old stories now – "Red Blood and Dirty Gold", "The Winter Witch", "The Scarlet Varulv" – and I want more. Though I want fantasy – made-up, impossible things – I don't want stor...”
“Most of us are used to thinking that “imaginary” is the opposite of “real.” That is, when we imagine things, we are just making them up. In the spiritual life, though, there are some realities that...”
“When you honor your true inner desires, and don’t become sexually involved when you don’t really want it, you have the control of your love life and you are at peaceand harmony with yourself.”
“Animals in children’s literature always have a soul life because children perceive animals as having souls.”
“Still the most magical day of my life was the day I became a mom.”
“The gossip will kill your Great Grandmother.”
“I counted the living and gathered them within me and the light that broke through embraced all the life that I had within me...”
“The more intense the belief, the less likely that reason and evidence can dislodge it.”
“How could an alphabet—letters that didn't even mean anything by themselves—be impo”
“The minutes felt as long as years and I couldn't be in the sort of time that didn't move, that instead stood still and all I could think of was being allowed to die, being allowed to cut the thread...”
“In a human development sense, our understanding of leadership has essentially “grown up” and moved past personal ego and a self-centered view of things.”
“Nice is good. It doesn’t sound exciting, but think about it. I think Mr. Perfect would be kind to kids and animals, help old ladies across the street, not insult you when your opinion is different ...”
“No relationship comes with a guarantee, but I’d rather fail with you than succeed with anyone else.”
“Grieving the loss of a loved one—whether human or animal—is not only permissible, it is essential.”
“That’s the thing about life. You don’t always get a second chance and there are no guarantees. Love is the only thing that really matters.”
“The chance you take, may turn out to be the best decision you ever made." LJB”
“The inner encounters I have with animals—and will be teaching you to have— are exchanges of meaning.”
“Self-hatred is the best vehicle for making people do as they’re told because they are hungry to get approval.”
“When you’re seventy-five, you are still going to be you.”
