Quotes About Adaptation

All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time.

You can doubt anything if you think about it long enough cuz what happened always adjusts to fit what happened after that

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

Love is more afraid of change than destruction

A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.

The formula for a happy marriage? It's the same as the one for living in California: when you find a fault, don't dwell on it

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Life is about adapting to changes every step of the way....

Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it

She tugged on her sleeves again. He could tell the dress was bothering her something fierce. Well, he could understand that. He'd've been mighty uncomfortable in a dress himself, and she was probably no more used to a dress than he was.

It's hard to think of you as a Margaret. Maizy suits you." "I doubt I'd answer to anything else." Maizy smiled as she adjusted the cloth.

But I'm going to change, Gwen. I am. The West is different than where we came from. It's a land that demands strength of people. A land that tests courage.~ Deb

Between 1870 and 1880 all Sioux were driven into reservations, fenced in and forced to give up everything that had given meaning to their life—their horses, their hunting, their arms, everything.

Many times I asked my grandmother, "Why don't you teach me the language?" Her answer always was: " 'Cause we want you to get an education, to live a good life. Not have a hard time. Not depend on nobody. Times coming up are going to be real hard. You need a white man's education to live in this world. Speaking Indian would only hold you back, turn you the wrong way.

If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization.

There are no rules when it comes to survival.

When we lose a battle, we have to regroup and move forward again. Choose an alternate path if necessary. But if we dwell on every action we've taken, it will cripple us, and soon we'll take no action at all.

I used to be someone.

Change doesn't happen overnight-it's molded by people who don't give up

He believes me. But that is nothing new. He always did because I was a rule follower. I played by the rules he understood. But there are new rules now, ones he doesn't know yet. He'll learn. Just as I'm learning.

Maybe the impossible is possible when you take everything else away. When nothings left, maybe you can reach for something that no one knew existed. Or maybe we became something new. Maybe we made it exist.

We were Rahtan, we could chisel what made us uncomfortable and awkward into an ice sculpture in hell if we had to.

The world has changed. It's gotten better. It's gotten worse. After all these years, Jenna's words still echo is my head, 'just as one problem is solved, a new one is created.' The work never ends. If there's one thing you can always count on in this world, it is change. I don't fear it the way I used to. I try to be read for it. One day, maybe, all the changes will be only for the good. I can dare to dream. I can always hope for more.