424 quotes found
“Every story is true and a lie. The true part of this one is: Love and the memory of love can't be drowned. The lie part is that this is a good thing.”
“I don't understand how the pain of losing him can be a pale shadow in comparison to the pain of finding him again.”
“... some wounds refuse the remedy of time.”
“Recognize those times when it's best to do nothing. The weeks and months following a significant loss, including death, divorce, or the incapacitation of a loved one, are fraught with emotions. We ...”
“The city gate opened when she and Harper reached the causeway. Her mind barely registered the new walls and the number of soldiers lining the ramparts who were cheering them. Oh, dont, she wanted t...”
“No one warrior, no protestor, no member of the silent majority walked away from the Vietnam war unscathed.”
“Its always hard to lose somebody. It leaves a hole in you heart that never grows back. ”
“She refused to know love again. The thought of another heartbreak was far too much for her to bear.”
“And, as always happens, and happens far too soon, the strange and wonderful becomes a memory and a memory becomes a dream. Tomorrow it's gone.”
“You see how I tryTo reach with wordsWhat matters mostAnd how I fail.”
“Why love what you will lose?There is nothing else to love.”
“I held a jewel in my fingers And went to sleep. The day was warm, and winds were prosy; I said: "'T will keep."I woke and chid my honest fingers,The gem was gone; And now an amethyst remembrance Is...”
“With you a part of me hath passed away; For in the peopled forest of my mind A tree made leafless by this wintry wind Shall never don again its green array. Chapel and fireside, country road and ba...”
“One cannot make bargains for blissesOr catch them like fishes in netsAnd sometimes the things that life misses Help more than the things that it gets. ”
“...always-the sharp,plaintive edgeon the rimof the spoonof my giving.(lines 8-13 of the poem 'Confessions')”
“the inletour friend looks as he didwhen we first knew him,and until I wake I believeI will die of grief, for I knowthat this boy grew into a manwho was a faithful friendwho died.”
“You chose love and you lost.”
“Even now that he is gone I have him still, in the richness of my memories. I've lived my life again just telling it to you.”
“What you love, you must love all the harder because someday it will be gone.”
“I never used to realize it, I guess. I try and play it along and just not make trouble for people. Probably I never would have had any trouble at all if I hadn't run into Brett when they shipped me...”
