Quotes About Patience

Just wait a second. We can't leave it like this. But this too, wasn't true. Leaving was easy. It was everything else that was so damned hard.

The only thing I can't stand more than seeing something done wrong is seeing it done slowly.

There is always the rest of the story, right? Even if you don't know right now what it is.

We sat there, not talking, for a few minutes. He ate the Moon Pie; only skinny people can scarf down junk food like that. Finally, I said, Norman? Yeah? Are you ever going to show me the painting? Man, he said. You are, like, so impatient. I am not, I said. I've been waiting forever. Okay, okay. He stood up and went over to the corner, picking up the painting and bringing it over to rest against the bright pink belly of one of the mannequins. Then, he handed me a bandana. Tie that on.

I don't think anybody ever really knows what's going to happen, he said. We're all just out here hoping for the best.

I'm starting to think, though, that some things never get that. The replay, and all. So at some point you have to make peace with it as it is, not keep waiting for a chance to change it

She bought seeds and raided nurseries and mulched and composted and spent full days with her hands full of earth, coaxing life our of the dry, dull grass my father had spent years pushing a mower over.

The thing is I'm a great believer in the perfect moment. They don't come around that often.

Says the girl with no thyme.

If nothing else, now we knew where to find each other, even if only time would tell if either of us would ever come looking.

Explain it to me. But I couldn't. I'd had to learn it my own way, and so had my mother. Jason would eventually, as well. No one could tell you: you just had to go through it on your own. If you were lucky, you came out on the other side and understood., If you didn't, you kept getting thrust back, retracing those steps, until you finally got it right.

I hoped this was true. Even if it wasn"t, all I could do was hand over what I could, with the hope of something in return. But of course, this was easier said than done.

I turned and looked into the gas station, where Wes was now paying, as the man who'd driven us looked on. That's too bad, I said. It's okay, though, she assured me. Someday I'll show you an extraordinary boy, Macy. They do exist. You just have to believe me. Don't worry, I said. I do.

For whatever reason - time, circumstance, distance- he wasn't able to give it to me himself. But he did give me Benji, and I would be forever grateful. With love like that, you can't get picky about how it finds you or the details. All that matters is that it's there. Better late than never.

Life is long. Just because you don't get your chance right when you want or expect it doesn't mean it won't come.

But you take what you get in this world. What else can you do?

So many things we ask for, hope for, prayers put out into a world so wide: there was no way they could all be answered. But you had to keep asking. If you didn't, nothing even had a chance of coming true.

Esta nana son solo unas pocas palabras Una simple serie de acordes Tranquilo aquí en este cuarto de invitados Pero tu puedes oírla, oírla Donde sea que puedas ir Incluso si te defraudo Esta nana seguirá sonando...

Don't think or judge,' I said. 'Just listen.

Some things never get that. The replay, and all. So at some point you have to make peace with it as it is, not keep waiting around for a chance to change it.

And love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you.

It's been a long night. Aren't they all.

Someone who normally moved so slowly, this time, for once, was long gone.

I understand that you are under a lot of pressure and that it's hard being a bride. That is all well and good. But it does not, ever, entitle you to be rude, selfish, uncaring, and generally obnoxious to me or Haven or anyone else. We've been very patient with you because we're your family and we love you, but it stops here. I don't care if the wedding is two weeks or two hours away, you were never raised to behave this way.