Jealousy clings to love's underside like bats to a bridge.
Amy Waldman, The Submission.
“Perhaps this was the secret to being at peace: want nothing but what is given to you.”
“Sorrow can be a bully.”
“Tears filled Claires eyes but, as if they knew their place, didnt leave.”
“Tears filled Claire’s eyes but, as if they knew their place, didn’t leave.”
“If we want truth and justice to rule our global village, there must be no hypocrisy. If there is no truth, then there will be no equality. No equality, no justice. No justice, no peace. No peace, n...”
“If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door.”
“To cheapen the lives of any group of men, cheapens the lives of all men, even our own. This is a law of human psychology, or human nature. And it will not be repealed by our wishes, nor will it be ...”
“work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it, because in fact everything in life does count on it.”
“Happiness [is] only real when shared”
“That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.”
“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”
“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”