Quotes About Acceptance

Because what Miranda represents . . . it's dead, as dead to me as Gwen's marriage is to her. I tell myself that, even as I recognize that Melvin's ghost has never stopped haunting either one of us. Dead doesn't mean gone.

And without forgivness, there is never any peace.I tell you this from the distance of many centuries. My son gave his life. I won't reply to his gift with anger, not even for those who took him from me. Those same poor, sad people will wake up tomorrow grieving their own losses, I think, if they survie at all. How can hating them heal me?

But he was starting to realize that maybe he didn't really have a home, except with the people he loved.

Normal life. Comfortable life. Not perfect, of course. Nobody had a perfect marriage, did they?

It is a terrible arrogance to think that there are any of humankind who are better or worse, or worthy or not.

For the first time in my life I have to depend

Jess knew what he was looking at, because he'd felt it. Love, and the pain of knowing that love wouldn't be enough.

bodies are stupid; they just want to be loved.

I'm old, girl. Gonna die of something. Might as well be chocolate.

You don't fight the sea. You leave until the flood's over.

He'd never wanted to know the future. If he didn't know storms were coming, it was easier to enjoy the sunshine.

Without forgiveness there is never any peace… My son gave his life. I wont reply to his gift with anger, not even for those who took it from me… How can hating them heal me?

So. Happy?" He crossed his arms, staring out at the people milling about the buffet and taking seats at round tables. "Truly?" She thought about it for a few seconds, and then said, very quietly, "Yes." She resisted the urge to apologize for it, and he nodded. "Good," he said. "Clearly, that's good.

the chaos of the world that counted people as different levels of worthy, the Library served all equally. All genders, races, levels of ability. It was the one place they could all be safe.

Right, I said, and turned to David. How do you feel about getting married tomorrow? I had no idea Djinn could look so blank. Venna turned to David and said, with the perfect blend of alarm and puzzlement, Are you sure she isn't insane? David continued with the blank look for a few more seconds, and then the light dawned warm in his eyes, and he slowly smiled. Actually, he said, I'm fairly certain she is, and that is exactly why I'm marrying her.

Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?

No--when the rain falls you just let it fall and you grin like a madman and you dance with it, because if you can make yourself happy in the rain then you're doing pretty alright in life. (Nick, page 156)

I'm liking that I can throw any kind of sentence at her without worrying it's too out there.

Somebody how wouldn't judge another for prepositions they dangle, or their run-on sentences, and who in turn wouldn't be judged for the snobbery of their language etymology inclinations.

Love teaches you that fitting is overrated; what you need to do is change the shape of your life to make the connection.

I understand why Laura did what she did. I think I'm supposed to be mad at her, but I'm not. I admire her courage. She saw what the world had to offer and said, No thank you. She saw the lies and hypocrisy and violence and hate and meaningless of it all and she chose another path. She won't live to see her grandchildren, but also won't live to see them suffer.

People who want things to be perfect are always impossible to please. But that doesn't mean we should stop trying. Even

If I'm just The Guy With Norah, that's cool. Right now, that's all I want to be. All the other things I am—they're too complicated. I can feel them lying in wait, planning their return.

The whole thing was silly," I said. "Please tell her there's no need to apologize. We set ourselves up for this. I was never going to be the guy in her head. And she was never going to be the girl in mine. And that's okay. Seriously.