Rachel Quotes
A radio was playing quietly. Nobody was listening. It was there to drown out the silence.
The more one suffered and lived, the more one had known of joy and grief, the deeper the response must be if an artist were great enough to summon it.
Life wastes nothing. Over and over again every molecule that has ever been is gathered up by the hand of life to be reshaped into yet another form.p 259
There will always be someone, a friend, a relative, a co-worker even, just someone, who will be willing to try that bad thing with you. And they won’t judge you, so don’t worry about that.
We burn out not because we don't care but because we don't grieve. We burn out because we have allowed our hearts to become so filled with loss that we have no room left to care.
You used words, discarding them meaninglessly, without thinking, whereas I thought they held meaning. I found what you will never see: that my love resides on the other side of words. - Broken Places
If you’ve ever lost someone that you love, and I say ‘love’ and not ‘loved’ because even when they’re gone, you still love them, you know that never goes away, but your life changes.
For as long as it takes for the sorrow and pain to transfer into acceptance. I’ll stay here. With you. By your side. I won’t leave.”“Promise?”“Vow.” I placed his hands gently on the piano. “I vow.
It was such a relief to be able to sob and have someone know all the reasons why.
She searched her mind for a single day when it had felt good to be alive. There must have been one, surely?
We always see the worst in our selves. Our most volnerable selves. We need someone to get close enough to tell us that we're wrong. Someone we trust.
Santi and Wolfe exchanged a look. Wolfe inclined his head a little to the side, with a strange, crooked smile. "You see? They're as bad as we are.""Worse, " Santi sighed.
This woman is so didactic I think I may scream. If it's bleeding, bandage it. If it's crying, hug it. If it's hopeless, pray for it. If it's dead, resurrect it.
A funny thing about women and machines: the combination made men curious. They seemed to think it had something to do with them.
The moment you feel like you need to prove yourself, is the moment you need to be silent and walk away.
Whatever business you have, if you truly believe in what you’re doing, you’re capable of going any place and doing anything. Pursue Your Dreams!
These women, these Shark Tank Mompreneurs are so passionate about what they created and what they are doing, and that just shines through. That's a major reason why they nailed their audition.
I didn't bring you here, " he said. "You think you're Miss Special Destiny of the
The dream that wakened me pushed at the veil of consciousness but could not burst through, and I was left wondering what I had known just a moment before.
Lesson Number One in controlling a man: find his weakness. Every man had one.
The spell...curled around...like smoke before settling in.Sophie: "Okay, do you guys feel protected?"Archer: "Yes. Also a little violated, but that's neither here nor there.
Aren’t faeries supposed to be, like, really tiny? With wings and a wand and faerie dust?”“I’m not Tinker Bell!
When we know ourselves to be connected to all others, acting compassionately is simply the natural thing to do.
I know you want me to feel some sympathy for them, but that's not who I am. I care only about those I know, and even then, not all that deeply. Strangers get nothing from me.
Compassion means knowing that I may never find that person who understands my pain but through my struggle I can become one who understands.
...being a weatherman in Ireland is about the biggest scam going.
We are in love, in the very beginning part of it, when you don't ever want to separate your body from the other person's.
But a lonely man is an unnatural man, and soon comes to perplexity. From perplexity to fantasy. From fantasy to madness.
Sometimes caring for something already growing is more perilous than planting something new.
If I know something, I am not a victim. Victims don't know the meaning of their suffering. I am an enemy or a collaborator, not a victim.
I think is sad, how easily we throw around the word without actually understanding the sacrifice behind its meaning. Love in its definition isn't about a strong feeling towards someone, but action.
As you become more aligned with the truth of who you are, the question of liking yourself goes away. It is a natural state of being.
In her experience, groups of friends like that just didn't open up to include underage, undersized geeks like her. They hadn't sounded mean, they just sounded — self-confident. Something she wasn't.
Sometimes you cannot clear the past completely. You must live alongside your sorrow.
It was as if she would never be whole until the secrets of the past were exposed.
I don't want to grow old thinking ''what if I had done...''. I avoid the ''should have's'' and take ACTION.
My heart feels strong for you, my desire isn’t just to marry you and let this be our moment, Kiersten. I want to marry you and create a million moments every single day.
I rested my head on the wall behind me and closed my eyes, wishing my life had a button: Ignore All.
He forced my soul back into innocent belief, not by empty words or false promises but by consistent action that never failed. He was safe.
Tod's pale brows arched halfway up his forehead, and he looked suddenly, achingly wistful. "She knows not what she says..."Maybe not. But I was starting to get a pretty good idea...
His lips press into mine in a kiss meant to make the world fade away.And it delivers.