Quotes About Acceptance

I did not mind anymore that I lost when we raced and I lost when we swam out to the rocks and I lost when we tossed spears or skipped stones. For who can be ashamed to lose to such beauty? It was enough to watch him win, to see the soles of his feet flashing as they kicked up sand, or the rise and fall of his shoulders as he pulled through the salt. It was enough.

And I was pleased, because I felt that he had seen her, had understood why I spent my days with her when he was gone. She was one of us now, I thought. A member of our circle, for life.

Good." Carelessly, as if to herself, she added, "You will be dead soon enough." She turned and dove into the sea, leaving no ripples behind her.

Sevmemi? olanlar, hayatlar? ac? ve deh?etle geçmi? olanlar içinse insan?n içip unutabilece?i kara nehir Lethe vard?. Bir parça teselli.

But even I could not fill each minute with fear. I have heard that men who live near a waterfall cease to hear it - in such a way did I learn to live beside the rushing torrent of his doom.

All my life, I have been moving forward, and now I am here. I have a mortal's voice, let me have the rest.

Circe, he says, it will be alright. [...] and somehow, I am comforted. He does not mean that it does not hurt. He does not mean that we are not frightened. Only that: we are here. This is what it means to swim in the tide, to walk the earth and feel it touch your feet. This is what it means to be alive.

How many times would I have to learn? Every moment of my peace was a lie, for it came only at the gods' pleasure.

I have heard that men who live by a waterfall cease to hear it——in such a way did I learn to live beside the rushing torrent of his doom. The days passed, and he lived. The months passed, and I could go a whole day without looking over the precipice of his death. The miracle of a year, then two.

Losses are not retrievable. They are not setbacks. In the blankness left, perhaps other things come, a new thing, a different shape for the last thing's recollection.

There's no such thing as the perfect soulmate. If you meet someone and you think they're perfect, you better run as fast as you can in the other direction. 'Cos your soulmate is the person that pushes all your buttons, pisses you off on a regular basis, and makes you face your shit.

Power is being told you're not loved and not being destroyed by it.

I always wished that I could find someone as beautiful as you, but in the process I forgot that I was special too.

0:09 / 0:09 "If I have learned one thing in my life, it is this — just go with it. If you relax, it doesn't hurt as much," Madonna ( she said as childhood pictures of Rocco were shown in the background.)

This is who I am like it or not

Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.

Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.

Love thy neighbor -- and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.

Don't marry a man to reform him - that's what reform schools are for.

I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.

Errar es humano, pero se siente divino.

I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turning into confident ducks.

She put her head down on the table and cried all the tears that she knew she should have cried in the past year and a half. But they weren't ready then, they were now.

Stop thinking like Alice in Wonderland, Celia told herself sternly. You're a grown-up, it's no use shutting your eyes, wishing things would happen