Quotes About Appreciation

but I used to think, Josef says quietly, that there are some weeds that are just as beautiful as flowers. (pg 134)

I look at you and I see this amazing, beautiful thing. All these books and songs are written about people looking for the love of their life and never fining it, and we've got it and it isn't worth a damn to you.

The crisis might be what sticks in my mind, but the in-between moments are the ones I would not have missed for the world.

Maybe you had to come close to losing something before you could remember its value.

When Em and I got back together, I could see that she had never been less than what I'd figured her to be. If anything, she was always better than I remebered. And that what I think love is [...] When your hindsight´s twenty-twenty, and you still wouldn´t change a thing.

The scenery you see when you're driving in a car is completely different from the scenery you'd see if you walked the same stretch of road. In the car you might see splashes of color; by foot, you'd realize they are butterflies.

Daddy, you would say, look at my braids. Look at the worst bug bite ever. Look at my handstand, my eggroll dive, my finger painting. Look at my splinter, my spelling list, my somersault, the toad I found. Look at the present I made you, the grade I got, the acceptance letter. Look at the diploma, the ultrasound, your granddaughter. I couldn't possibly remember all the things you've asked me to look at. I just remember that you asked.

May be it took realizing that you could die to keep you from wanting to do it.

But you remind me so much of her. I-I do? Yes. Addie gifted him with a smile.Because I love you both.

How can you enjoy life if you spend every minute fearing the end of it?

My mother nods toward Violet and her little friend, sprinkling grass over their mud pies. "This has been going on so much longer than either of us, Kennedy. From where you stepped in, in your life, it looks like we've got miles to go. But me?" She smiles in the direction of the girls. "I look at that, and I guess I'm amazed at how far we've come." —

I take my paycheck in sunsets.

So what if we would have forfeited money on a vacation? In the grand scheme of things, losing dollars is nothing compared to losing time.

I had to learn how to be a mother before I realized how lucky I am to be a child. And

When you die, you don't get to catch snowflakes on your tongue. You don't get to breathe winter in, deep in your lungs. You can't lie in bed and watch for the lights of the passing town plow. You can't suck on an icicle until your forehead hurts.

There are some weeds that are just as beautiful as flowers.

When you don't have what you want, you have to want what you have.

the mercy of their good graces.

For Nina and Nathaniel, it's all about the end product—pouring it on pancakes and waffles. But to Caleb, the beauty is in the way you get there. The blood of a tree, a spout, and a bucket. Steam rising, the scent filling every corner of the house. There is nothing quite like it: knowing every breath you take is bound to be sweet.

I wonder if, as you get older, you stop missing people so fiercely. Maybe growing up is just focusing on what you've got, instead of what you don't

Nobody's birthday.

mercenary. Now, I'm wondering why those were ever even goals. We don't need those things to feel whole. We need to wake up in the morning. We need our bodies to function. We need to enjoy a meal. We need a roof over our head. We need to surround ourselves with people we love. We need to take the wins in a much smaller way. And we need to remember this, even when we're no longer in a pandemic.

Strategia fundamental? era urm?toarea: în primul rând, nu d?deai nimic pe gratis. Un lucru pe care l-am înv??at de la Statul Universal al Bun?st?rii este c? oamenii subevalueaz? lucrurile pentru care nu pl?tesc.

It bewildered Ig, the idea that a person could not be interested in music. It was like not being interested in happiness.