Quotes About Acceptance

has a knee-jerk tendency to avoid extremes as implausible, but 'fantasy' actively embraces them. It magnifies and clarifies the human condition.

you want things to remain the same, which they never can, and so you're wounded by your own feelings & resentful others don't seem to care...

I'm not afraid of the opinions of others - but of being needed and coming up short ...

the wounds of the past and the scars of the present don't disfigure me in your eyes - because you know the price I pay for loving you ...

some people won't even own a dog for fear it will die - you can't bubble-wrap your heart...

you trace a finger over my scar and uncloak me like a timid star...

love is suffering - that's the happy ending...

you either forgive a lover for abandoning you or you forgive God for taking them - either way you have to forgive...

I believe I am no man's enemy unless he chooses to make me one. For me it's humanity that counts, not the words written in the book of any religion

youth dies when you stop believing that you can affect the hand you're dealt at birth. The reality is, sometimes you just draw shitty cards, and no matter how much you plan, and no matter how hard you work to be good and to go to church and to think the right thoughts, there's nothing in the world you can do to get a reshuffle.

I can forgive him for what he's done wrong because that's the way of life.

I don't remember the moment I knew I was broken...but I do recall when I started to understand that it might be okay. It was the moment I fell in love with the boy with the green eyes.

life sucks, and I am pretty sure Fate hates me. But there is nothing I can do about any of that.

That is the true crime that fairy tales commit - making people like me think that we counted in this world. I was neither hot nor in shape. I was just a normal boy in an extraordinary world, and stories like that, no matter how misleading and destructive, would always appeal to people like me.

I wasn't normal, and no matter how hard I tried, I was never going to be. And though I didn't hear it at the time, a small part of me exclaimed "Good!

The very thought of being gay gave me chills. Not because of what I thought of it, but for what others would.

There are more people on this planet who will be nice to you than won't," I said, ignoring my aching face. "The only difference is the ones who are loud and obnoxious are the only ones we tend to see. The hatred and seething fury gets all the press, while the quiet acceptance seems to fade into the background

I was seventeen and on the edge of an eighteen that seemed terrifying to a young man not sure of his sexuality. I knew I liked guys but was still under the delusion that an attraction to guys didn't make you gay just like drowning didn't mean you were breathing water. it just made you different, and as we all know, in high school there is nothing worse than being different.

It was cool for a couple of weeks, but how much bad golf can you play?

My happiness is like this sand: I let it run out of my hand.

when men and women are able to respect and accept their differences then love has a chance to blossom

Love brings up our unresolved feelings . One day we are feeling loved , and the next day we are suddenly afraid to trust love . The painful memories of being rejected begin to surface when we are faced with trusting and accepting our partner's love .

To love someone is to acknowledge the goodness of who they are. Through loving a person we awaken their awareness of their own innate goodness. It is as though they cannot know how worthy they are until they look into the mirror of our love and see themselves.

A woman should not be judged for needing this reassurance, just as a man should not be judged for needing to withdraw.