“I told her, Don't touch me that way. Don't come at me with that sour-cream smile. Come at me as if I were worth your life - the life we make together. Take me like a turtle whose shell must be cracked, whose heart is ice, who needs your heat. Love me like a warrior, sweat up to your earlobes and all your hope between your teeth. Love me so I know I am at least as important as anything you have ever wanted.”
― Dorothy Allison, Two or Three Things I Know for Sure

“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.”
~Mother Teresa

“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect - you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break - her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.”
~Bob Marley

“You couldn't just pick and choose at will when someone depended on you, or loved you. It wasn't like a light switch, easy to turn on or off. If you were in, you were in. Out, you were out.”
~ Sarah Dessen

“Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.”
~ Wm. Paul Young

“He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love.”
― Lao Tzu

“Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.”
― Charles Kingsley

.

"Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts."
-Oliver Wendell Holmes

"A warrior feeds his body well; he trains it; works on it. Where he lacks knowledge, he studies. But above all he must believe. He must believe in his strength of will, of purpose, of heart and soul."
~David Gemmell

"The good ole days weren't always good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems"
~Billy Joel

“It feels incredible to be outside when I’m supposed to be inside. The sensation of freedom is intoxicating." - Sara Dueling





“Somebody knows.”― Ally Carter



“I like the truth, even when it does trouble me.” ― Juliet Marillier

“Oh yeah? What did you have last night?"
"Turkey sandwich on wheat. With a pickle."
"And the night before?"
"Turkey sandwich on wheat. No pickle."
She giggled. "What was the last hot meal you cooked?"
He pretended to rack his brains. "Uh...beans and franks. On Monday.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Lucky One


(this is pretty much (me and her) only substitute Turkey Sandwich for Bologna or a cold taco) ...lol

"Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!."
~Bob Marley

"A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all."
~Unknown

"People say they love truth, but in reality they want to believe that which they love is true."
— Robert Ringer

Because it's a mad mad world
 

Just when you think you've got it all together, things you have never seen or heard will present themselves in your life. They will push you, test you and challenge you to do more growing, more learning, more of what we have already done. Very often, when this happens, we are tempted to believe that we have done something wrong or that we missed something. Rarely do we understand that you cannot get too much of a good thing, and growing, learning, and living are all good things.

~Iyanla Vanzant

“While intent is the seed of manifestation, action is the water that nourishes the seed. Your actions must reflect your goals in order to achieve true success.” ― Steve Maraboli


“Too much action with too little intent makes for wasteful exertion of energy and the confusion between movement and progress.” ― Steve Maraboli




“Many people succeed when others do not believe in them. But rarely does a person succeed when he does not believe in himself.” ― Herb True