Michele Bardsley

I had always turned to books, to knowledge, to help me get through everything in my life__nd,sometimes, to escape it. But grief was a journey through a forest of razor blades. I walked through everypainful inch of it__o shortcuts and no anesthesia.

Patrick: Is fear rith maith nά drochseasamh.Jessica:And that means what?Patrick: A good run is better than a bad stand.Jessica: Oh. And that means what?Patrick: It means, Jessica, that life is about choices. Sometimes you fight, sometimes you flee, but you never surrender.

The sun weeps because it can no longer caress your skin or warm your lips." He sifted his fingers through my hair. "I do not envy the sun, Eva. But I truly hate the moon, because its light touches you in all the ways I cannot.

I would rather my enemy's sword pierce my heart then my friend's dagger stab me in the back." Faustus - Don't Talk Back To Your Vampire

What is life," he asked the maiden, "without love? I would ratherhave this one night with you than another thousand years.

Acceptance. We want someone to look at us, and really see us__ur physical flaws, our personality quirks, our insecurities. And we want them to be okay with every square inch of who we are. We__e always afraid we might be too needy or too much work. We put all these limitations on ourselves and our relationships because we__e afraid that we__e not really loved. That we__e not really accepted. We hide little pieces of ourselves because we think that might be the one thing that finally drives away the person who__ supposed to love us.

The ripple effect. You throw a pebble into the water and it creates ripples. Your action was to throw the pebble__he representation of your choice. That__ all that you can control. But not the ripples__hose are the consequences of your choice. And that you cannot control.