Time Has Its Revenges

“Time has its revenges, but revenge seems so often sour. 

Wouldn’t we all do better not trying to understand, 

accepting the fact that no human being will ever understand another, 

not a wife with a husband, nor a parent a child? 

Perhaps that’s why men have invented God – 

a being capable of understanding.”

~ Graham Greene, The Quiet American

Then You Must Tell 'Em

 “Then you must tell 'em 

dat love ain't somethin' lak uh grindstone 

dat's de same thing everywhere

 and do de same thing tuh everything it touch. 

Love is lak de sea.

 It's uh movin' thing, but still and all,

 it takes its shape from de shore it meets, 

and it's different with every shore.”

~ Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

Where The Lips Are Silent

“Where the lips are silent 

the heart has a thousand tongues.”

~ Rumi, The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing

Truth Is

“Truth is, 

something that I thought was perfect 

was taken away from me, 

and I never wanted perfect again.

 I wanted middle-of-the-road, 

stuff I didn’t care about 

so that I couldn’t lose anything 

I really loved ever again.”

~ Cecelia Ahern, The Time of My Life

Until We Can Receive

“Until we can receive with an open heart,

we are never really giving with an open heart.”

~ Brene Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection

To Gaze Into Another Person's Face

“To gaze into another person's face is to do two things: 

to recognize their humanity 

and to assert your own.”

~ Lawrence Hill, Someone Knows My Name

Never Judge

“Never judge someone by their relatives.”

~ Charles Martin, Chasing Fireflies

Bathsheba Loved Troy

“Bathsheba loved Troy in the way that only self-reliant women love 

when they abandon their self-reliance. 

When a strong woman recklessly throws away her strength 

she is worse than a weak woman who has never any strength to throw away. 

One source of her inadequacy is the novelty of the occasion. 

She has never had practice in making the best of such a condition. 

Weakness is doubly weak by being new.”

~ Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd

Theresa

“Theresa, I know there's a part of you that believes you can change someone, 

but the reality is that you can't. 

You can change yourself, and Garrett can change himself, 

but you can't do it for him.”

~ Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle

People

“People generally didn't cheat in good relationships.”

~ Emily Giffin, Something Blue

I Know I'm Not Going to Be

“I know I'm not going to be in your head all the time.

 But once you know me, 

I'll be forever in your heart. ”

~ Crystal Woods, Write like no one is reading

If You're Right & I'm Not

“If you're right & I'm not, 

I'm going to be hell to live with, she said. 

So, you better think about that 

next time you want to be right. ”

~ Brian Andreas

But I Think We Both Knew

“But I think we both knew, even then, 

that what we had was something even more rare, 

and even more meaningful.

 I was going to be his friend 

and was going to show him possibilities.

 And he, in turn, would become someone 

I could trust more than myself.”

~ David Levithan, Boy Meets Boy

Time Has Its Revenges

“Time has its revenges, but revenge seems so often sour. 

Wouldn’t we all do better not trying to understand,

 accepting the fact that no human being will ever understand another,

 not a wife with a husband, nor a parent a child?

 Perhaps that’s why men have invented God –

 a being capable of understanding. ”

~ Graham Greene, The Quiet American

Women Writers

“Women writers make for rewarding (and efficient) lovers. 

They are clever liars to fathers and husbands; 

yet they never hold their tongues too long, 

nor keep ardent typing fingers still.”

~ Roman Payne, Rooftop Soliloquy