Quotes About Acceptance

In those six weeks I regarded her arrival as I would the arrival of a coming month, or season - something inevitable, but meaningless at the same time.

And she refused to go to that miserable place he had dragged her to so many times, to hope for a thing that was unchangeable.

It's easier to surrender to confinement.

Only then, forced at six months to confront his destiny, does he begin to cry.

but these talents could not make up for the fact that she did not possess a fair complexion, and so a string of men had rejected her to her face.

Ela tem o dom de aceitar a própria vida; conhecendo-a melhor, ele se dá conta de que ela nunca desejou ser outra pessoa a não ser ela mesma, nem ter sido criada em outro lugar, de algum outro jeito.

She wanted to shut her eyes to it. She wished the days and months ahead of her would end. But the rest of her life continued to present itself, time ceaselessly proliferating. She was made to anticipate it against her will.

I've always felt in someone's shadow, even though I don't have to compare myself to brothers who are smarter, or to sisters who are prettier. There's no escape from the shadows that mount, inexorably, in this darkening season. Nor can we escape the shadows our families cast. That said, there are times I miss the pleasant shade a companion might provide.

The fact that the yellow chintz armchair in the living room clashed with the blue-and-maroon Turkish carpet no longer bothered her.

He remembered himself sitting naked on one side of the mattress, in a room he was suddenly aware he was never again to see. He had not argued; in the wake of his shame, he became strangely efficient and agreeable, with her, with everyone.

The letter is dated three weeks ago, and from it they learn that Ashima's grandmother has had a stroke, that her right side is permanently paralyzed, her mind dim. She can no longer chew, barely swallows, remembers and recognizes little of her eighty-odd years. "She is with us still, but to be honest we have already lost her," her father has written. "Prepare yourself, Ashima. Perhaps you may not see her again.

And she refused to go to that miserable place that Julian had dragged her to so many times, to hope for a thing that was unchangeable.

She has the gift of accepting her life; as he comes to know her, he realizes that she has never wished she were anyone other than herself, raised in any other place, in any other way. This

It's always good to work where you're wanted. The times I've been where I wasn't wanted - that's just never a good experience.

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see. It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out. It doesn't matter much to me.

I've come to look upon death the same way I look upon root-canal work. Everyone else seems to get through it all right, so it couldn't be too difficult for me.

God doesn't love me any more or less because I had some work done on my face.

I've always wanted to go where the work was or where I was wanted. The idea that it can be planned is one I let go of a long time ago.

There are only those you can live with, and those you can work to change.

If it's a big hit, fantastic. If it's not, then it's not. I don't worry about my work

Even now I don't consider myself skinny, but I have put a lot of hard work into my body over the years, and in the process, I've really learned to love myself.

Rachel, you summon demons. You're good at it. Get over it, then find a way to make it work for you. It's not going to go away.

It's important to work out & be the best version of yourself that you can be but never feel like you have to be the skinniest girl in the room to be the prettiest.

What will I do when I can no longer dig?