Quotes from Inglath Cooper

The library had become her solace. Her refuge.Books did not question or judge. They made safe companions.

Sometimes, all you can do for a person is be there. Just don't let them convince you that they don't need you. They do. And they will.

Never ignore a person who loves you, cares for you, and misses you. Because one day, you might wake up from your sleep and realize that you lost the moon while counting the stars. – Author Unknown

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. – Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

I've heard it said that we are the sum total of every choice we've ever made.

Some people believe eagles are messengers and that they appear when there's something we need to do in our lives.

When the hurt is so big and so seemingly endless, the only thing that will ever get us through is love.

I want to be here for you. Whatever it is you need. Just call me and I'll come.

Giving up doesn't always mean you are weak; sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go.

You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore." ? William Faulkner

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. It is not enough that a thing be possible for it to be believed. – Voltaire

If this was how the young made themselves independent from their parents, then she only wished the process over. Watching her daughter pull away from her day by day hurt too much.

THE THING ABOUT second chances is knowing what to do with them if they're given to you.

Like a patchwork quilt, I realize now that it's the culmination of small beautiful moments that makes the quilt of our lives so beautiful. And even though we haven't had as much time to create the fabric for the squares of ours, I know without a doubt that I will leave behind an entire quilt of beautiful moments.

How could she tell her that sometimes people didn't get what they wanted? That maybe they were wrong to ever want it in the first place.

We make concessions. To get along with others. To make life go more smoothly. Even when we'd rather not." "But that's when life begins to lose some of its shine, don't you think?

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were. ~ Kahlil Gibran

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty." ? Mother Teresa

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. – Friedrich Nietzsche

Blame is just a shame game.

I wonder how it is that we go along year after year never questioning the routines we've set for ourselves, never wondering if it could be different. I feel as if I've opened a door and discovered a way of life that makes so much more sense to me. A slower pace that allows me to actually see the beauty around me. Hear the song in the sounds and feel appreciation for it all.

It is never easy to tell someone what they don't want to hear.

A prince rarely arrives on a white horse. You'll recognize him all the same.

Most important quality in the man of your dreams? No, my dears, it isn't great hair. Or even killer abs. In my book, it's selflessness. Give me a man who puts others before himself, and that's a man I'll keep.