Quotes About Acceptance

I know I'm not the best. I'm not the best singer, I'm not the best songwriter, I'm not the best player.

If {Death} comes for you?" he said. "Would you be so sanguine then?" She laughed and the pensiveness was gone. "No indeed. I will curse the stars and go down fighting. But it will still have been a wonderful thing, to cross the mist.

Reon Atescre of Sona Nyl had been slim and laughing-eyed, a lighthearted, fearless man who was not attracted to women, seeing her for what she was and not what he wanted her to be, and therefore an easy companion to her.

in the end she had not wanted a life spent treading water in his story. She still did not—and yet she regarded herself in the glass a little ruefully. To have that choice removed by time and age was painful.

I'll wear it like bones, like skin, it'll be the goddamned dress they'll bury me in

I'll wear it like bones, like skin, it'll be the goddamn dress they'll bury me in.

On whatever level you are presently concerned with death (and we assume you are; after all, death is concerned with you), you should feel free to write about it.

You can't stop time. You can't capture light. You can only turn your face up and let it rain down.

You can't spend the rest of your life tiptoeing around to try and avert disaster. It won't work. You'll just end up missing the life you have.

Anything can happen. But what goes wrong isn't your fault. You can't spend the rest of your life tiptoeing around to try and avert disaster. It won't work. You'll just end up missing the life you have.

Don't be jealous of anyone. I guarantee you, if everyone walked into a room, and dumped their problems onto the floor, when they saw what everyone else's problems were, they'd be scrambling to get their own problems back before someone else got to them first.

There comes a moment in your life when you realize that no matter how hard you try, you're never going to be fluent in Spanish. Or go on that African safari you've read about since you were a kid. Or be as excited as you used to be about catching fireflies. I keep trying to find my answer to life - and it gets more elusive the older I get.

My mother isn't crazy. She simply has a harder time than most reconciling her reality with everyone else's reality.

Maybe it's not what we have that makes us who we are, it's what we're missing. A chromosome, a kidney, a sister, a feather, a bay.

satisfied with what

made it far less painful to look at my wounds and illusions.

In the classical defense mechanism of the human self, I had resisted looking at my wounds. Feeling the presence of my Christ self now made me feel safe because I felt it did not come to judge me but to help me attain freedom from all limitations. And that suddenly made it safe to explore my wounds.

millions of spiritual people are seeking to change society by converting everyone else into becoming members of their specific group. In my humble opinion, this can never work.

I had a lot of resentment for a while toward Kim Novak. But I don't mind her anymore. She's okay. We've become friends. I even asked her before this trip for some beauty tips.

The Lawd gives an' the Lawd takes away, an' we just praise Him for knowin' what's best.

Life is often unfair, and we cannot change it. We can only do our utmost to make the best of what we've been dealt and perhaps try to bring a little happiness into others' lives. Isn't that what the Bible advises--to love one's neighbor as oneself?

Parents with BPD may not accept responsibility for their behavior, nor he willing to listen to how they might have caused emotional or physical harm. If you try to point out their behavior, they may lash out with an abusive tirade or stone-cold silence, attempting to place blame on you instead ("If

Love isn't as rare as you think it is...You can love all sorts of people, in all sorts of ways. Nor is love in any way dangerous.

It was horrible how the hardest things could be the truth.