Quotes About Appreciation

Families shrink and expand. All you can really do is be glad for it, glad for each other, for as long as you have each other.

I have a feeling that when I'm Stormy's age, these everyday moments will be what I remember: Peter's head bent, biting into a chocolate chip cookie; the sun coming through the cafeteria window, bouncing off his brown hair; him looking at me.

Instead I let the moment pass and I just sighed and leaned back onto my chair. The sky was pinky gold. I had the feeling that there was nothing more beautiful than this, that this particular sunset matched the beauty of anything in this world, ten times over. I could feel all the tension of the day drifting away from me and out to sea. I wanted to memorize it all in case I didn't get to come back again. You never know the last time you'll see a place. A person.

But then I think, no, I wouldn't give up twelve, thirteen, sixteen, seventeen with Peter for the world.

It doesn't become important until you don't have it anymore.

This is two romantic things in a row, so I figure I should praise him accordingly, because the boy responds well to positive reinforcement.

We never did see a shooting star, but it didn't matter to me one bit. Before the night was over I said, this is one of my top moments. He said mine too.

I wanted to memorize it all in case I didn't get to come back again. You never know the last time you'll see a place. A person.

Daddy tips my chin. Firmly he says, "I would be nowhere without her, because I wouldn't have my girls.

But the little things are what make up life.

I just wouldn't want it to be less special, after we do it. I want it to always be a sacred thing, not something to take for granted because everybody else does it, or because we've done it before. I suppose anything can become ordinary or commonplace if you do it enough times, but my hope is that this never is. Not for us.

To feel so known, so understood. It's such a wonderful feeling...

If not for you, I would not have written this book. Truly, this one is for you.

Maybe really, really good things aren't meant to last for long; maybe that's what makes them all the more sweet, the temporariness of them.

Supongo que cualquier cosa puede convertirse en ordinario o común si lo haces suficientes veces, pero mi esperanza es que esto nunca lo sea. No para nosotros.

Peter never met a compliment he didn't smile at.

It's the little things that make up life.

I could not have done it without you.

but I can tell she doesn't appreciate being offered a drink in her own home by someone who doesn't live there.

It's the little things, the small efforts, that keep a relationship going.

It's like we're on a high-speed train that's going somewhere fast, and I like it, I do, but I also like a slow train where I can look out the window and appreciate the countryside, the buildings, the mountains. It's like I don't want to miss the little steps; I want it to last. And then the next second I want to grow up faster, more, now. To be as ready as everyone else is. How is everyone else so ready?

For a long time I had her convinced that raisins were my absolute favorite, and she must never eat more than her share, when in actuality I hate raisins and was grateful someone else was eating them.

You probably make her feel very special. Because that's your talent, right? You're good at making people feel special.

Jag ville lägga allt detta på minnet ifall det var sista gången jag var här. Man vet aldrig när det är sista gången man befinner sig på en viss plats. Sista gången man ser en viss person.