Quotes About Acceptance

I finally understand, I wasn't waiting to kill people, I was waiting to be killed...by a man like you...

The sales tax seems to be more politically acceptable than the income tax.

Don't complain, don't explain.

Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read. Fought against it for a minute. Then looked out the window at the rain. And gave over. Put myself entirely in the keep of this rainy morning. Would I live my life over again? Make the same unforgivable mistakes? Yes, given half a chance. Yes. - Rain

There is no answer. It's okay. But even if it wasn't okay, what am I supposed to do?

People don't take kindly to having others mess around with their beliefs....

People don't really want change, especially not if it costs something.

A lot of people are open to new things, as long as they look like the old ones.

We are accustomed to the idea that the truth of things may be neither pleasant nor comforting; we are less accustomed to the idea that the truth may be unfruitful.

This book is dedicated to every woman who has ever felt self-conscious about her size. Outer beauty comes in all sizes, shapes, heights, ages, and colors. And inner beauty will always shine through, no matter what the packaging.

Love the ones you can. Touch the ones you can reach. Let the others go.

One thing is clear to me. You cant know everything youd like to know. You cant do everything youd like to do. You cant read everything youd like to read. You must hold onto some things and let go of others. Learning to make that choice is one of the big lessons of this life.

You can't love anyone until you understand that you can't love everyone.

the purpose of so much of her life, she had won she had won. Smiling, she closed her eyes and drifted towards death.

Excuse me, but what kinda black lady are you?" I smiled, looked at her, and said, "The kinda black lady that you wanna know.

I had to figure out if I was happier being with a live woman or living with the memories of a dead one.

But love him? No. She was broken somewhere inside. She couldn't love like other people.

Friends are supposed to minimize your shortcomings and maximize your attributes.

Beauty was a curse to be borne, not a blessing.

I once laughed at the vanity of women of thirty or forty who whitened their ruddy old skin with lead, but now I know such salves are not disguises for old crones who wish to catch a young husband. Instead they are only a mask we wear so that we can, for a little while, still recognize ourselves.

Even if God forgives you, you do not forgive yourself. You live in your sorrow like a room of mirrors that reflects on and on to eternity.

Be kind to your shadow.

There was a time when everybody was busy doing, 'What is she wearing? How is she looking?' I am happy that is changing now.

Growing up, you see movies, and the big person is always the butt of a joke or the funny best friend, or they lose weight, and that's when they become redeemable.