I Had A Dream About You

“I had a dream about you last night. 

The champagne was non-alcoholic. 

You didn't notice, and laughed at my jokes anyway.”

~ Michael Summers, I Had a Dream About You

Basically

“Basically, all women are nurturers and healers, 

and all men are mental patients to varying degrees.”

~ Nelson DeMille, The General's Daughter

To Be Deeply Loved

“To be deeply loved, 

means a willingness to cut yourself wide open, 

exposing your vulnerabilities... 

hopes, hurts, fears and flaws. 

Hiding behind the highlight reel of who you are, 

is the real you and that person is just as worthy of love. 

There is nothing more terrifying or fulfilling, 

than complete love, it's worth the risk... 

reach for it.”

~ Jaeda DeWalt

Daughter!

“Daughter! 

Get you an honest Man for a Husband, 

and keep him honest. 

No matter whether he is rich, 

provided he is independent. 

Regard the Honour and moral Character of the Man 

more than all other Circumstances. 

Think of no other Greatness but that of the soul, 

no other Riches but those of the Heart. 

An honest, Sensible humane Man, 

above all the Littlenesses of Vanity, 

and Extravagances of Imagination, 

laboring to do good rather than be rich, 

to be useful rather than make a show, 

living in a modest Simplicity 

clearly within his Means and free from Debts or Obligations, 

is really the most respectable Man in Society, 

makes himself and all about him the most happy.”

~ John Adams, Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife

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

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