Quotes About Appreciation

You bring the color and the life. It's a lucky man who is offered that color and life, and a wise one who values it.

Some beautiful things are meant to be sad so we can appreciate the beautiful things that aren't.

She needs me. She needs someone who understands and appreciates who she is, and who she's decided to be. And I need her, because who she is, and who she's decided to be are—big surprise to me—what I've been waiting for all my life.

You should appreciate those things while you have them, but you never do. Not all the way. Too busy living. Now and again, you should try to stop to appreciate the little things. They'll build up if you do.

And tis' my faith that every flower enjoys the air it breathes.

I like it,he said at length. You're putting a lot of yourself into this place. Shall I tell you just what your approval means to me? Diana asked, not bothering to smother a yawn.

Good night, Keeley. Good night, Brian. Thanks for the ride. Adelia waited until the men were out, then turned to her daughter. Keeley, I never would've thought it of you. You're tormenting the poor man. There's nothing poor about that man. Delighted with herself, Keeley broke off a piece of bread and crunched down on it. And tormenting him is so rewarding. Well,there's not a woman with blood in her could argue with that. Mind you don't hurt him, darling.

While the bells rang and echoed, she sat near the edge of the water. Here was peace, she thought, and joy. She would never, never take either for granted. She would remember to give something back every day. Even if it was just a heel of bread for the gulls. She would tend what she planted. She would remember to be kind, and never forget to offer a helping hand.

It's a pretty big deal, not being dead, and I wanted to stay that way.

If you take your time about things, you end up with the best at the end of the day. He buried his face in her hair, wanting the scent and the texture. Now, I've got the best. Good, solid stoneware.

It takes a bit of time, but why hurry through the day just to get to the next?

She saw him pause to watch it, going still with his hand on a stem and his other holding a seed head. And she wished she could paint. All those vivid colors of late summer, bold and strong, and the man so still, so patient, dropping his work to share his flowers with a bird.

Brother, when beauty falls into your hand, you hold on to it while you can. You could be dead tomorrow. Well, that's... inspiring.

It doesn't matter. That's the point. It doesn't matter that my mother is my mother, or that things don't always work exactly the way you thought they should. Moments matter. I know that better than anyone, but I never let it apply to me. Not to me. People matter, how they feel, how they connect, who they are alone and together. All that matters, no matter how quickly the moment passes. Maybe because it passes. What matters is you're the blue butterfly.

From this nice, safe distance, I've realized I actually like my family.

Shelby trailed off when she spotted the goldfish swimming in circles inside the Waterford. Well, he's come up in the world, she said with a jerky laugh. I don't think he appreciates it.

I love you. I love everything about you. Your voice, your laugh. Your eyebrows when they grow back. Your face, your body, your hard head and your cautious heart. I want to spend the rest of my life looking at you, listening to you, working with you, just being with you. Rowan of the purple lupines.

of you, you're mine, and that's a gift I'll always treasure. Every one of you is a gift to me, a blend of friends and family that's stronger and truer and brighter than anything I ever imagined having. So, to all of us, together.

If you look for it, you can find something good about anybody.

She didn't like to be read so easily but she couldn't help respecting someone who could.

I know you... I know if you love him there's something in him that makes him worthy of it.

When you've had less than little in some things, you're grateful for even a spoonful of more.

I have to go. I'll just say goodbye to David and Theo. Pilar kissed Maddy lightly, absently on the cheek, and made the girl's color come up. See you later. Yeah, okay. How come they're for me? she asked Tyler. Because I hear you did good. He held them out. You want them or not? Yeah, I want them. She took them, noted the little flutter in her belly as she sniffed. A kind of muscle reflex, she supposed it was. A nice one. Nobody ever gave me flowers before.

Lew? Not that I don't appreciate it, but it