Quotes About Acceptance

At seventeen, the smallest crises took on tremendous proportions; someone else's thoughts could take root in the loam of your own mind; having someone accept you became as vital as oxygen. Adults, light years away from this, rolled their eyes and smirked this too shall pass - as if adolescence was a disease like chicken pox, something that everyone recalled as a mild nuisance, completely forgettingone how painful it had been at the time.

It makes me wonder how I'd be treated if I were like everyone else. Maybe I'm a pretty rotten person, not that anyone would ever have the guts to tell me this to my face. Maybe everyone thinks I'm rude or ugly or stupid but they have to be nice because it could be the circumstances of my life that make me that way.

Nobody wants to admit to this, but bad things will keep on happening. Maybe

By definition, love made you better than good enough; it redefined perfection to include your traits, instead of excluding them. All

Of course, that's not really accurate," Dr. DeSantos says. "The future is going to come, in some form, whether we like it or not. What we really mean is that we can't plan for the future. And when we can't plan—when we can't find those patterns that make sense—we lose the skeleton of life. And no one can remain upright without that.

you have to find that rare someone for whom you're not putting on a show. Someone who shines a spotlight in your direction--not because you're who they need you to be, or who they want you to be...just because you're you.

Death is the guest you didn't invite: arriving when you least expect it, when you least need it, and when you least want it. It's a blow from behind. A knife in the back. The shadow that's following you. It's why you always keep looking over your shoulder.

What he did was wrong. He doesn't deserve your love. But he does deserve your forgiveness, because otherwise he will grow like a weed in your heart until it's choked and overrun. The only person who suffers, when you squirrel away all that hate, is you.' I was thirteen, and I didn't know very much about the world, but I knew that if there was that much wisdom in religion, I wanted to be part of it.

The moral of this story is that no matter how much we try, no matter how much we want it... some stories just don't have a happy ending.

You're not hiding, but you're sitting in a gay bar at dinnertime. You're not hiding, but you're wearing that suit like it's armor.

death had become part of the landscape.

When you don't keep looking back its that much easier not to trip and fall.

The moral of this story is that no matter how much we try, no matter how much we want it Ã¢â'¬Â¦ some stories just don't have a happy ending.

no matter how spectacular we want our children to be, no matter how perfect we pretend they are, they are bound to disappoint. As it

Just because you leave someone doesn't mean you ever let them go.

Just because I get close to something that makes a lot of people uncomfortable doesn't mean I'm special. It just means I am willing to get close to the things that make people uncomfortable.

He Just Rode In On Your Wagon. Calm Your Horses ~ Anna

We all have things that come back to haunt us. Some of us just see them more cleary than others. -Plain Truth

Things had a way of working out for the best, when you let them run their course. -Plain Truth

I'm not going to fit into that English courtroom. I'm going to stand out, with how I dress, and how I think, because I'm not English. I don't know about murder and witness and juries, but I do know how to fix things in my life when they're messed up. If you make a mistake and repent, you're forgiven. You're welcomed back. If you lie, and keep lying, there won't be a place for you. -Katie, Plain Truth

Death wasn't something you could control. In fact, it would always have the upper hand.

I want you to remember what was good in me, not what was most awful. The people you love should be allowed to keep their worst to themselves.

The gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.

It is both good and horrible to talk with Death when you know he's sitting at your table.