Patient and Tough

“Learn to be alone and to like it. There’s nothing more freeing and empowering than learning to like your own company.”

“Her great ability to love and learn, listen and change. Empathy and intelligence. It never occured to her to give up.”

“Date someone who gives you chills just by the way they look into your eyes”

“We all grew up and did the things we said we’d never do.”

“I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves.”

“Someday, we’ll run into each other again, I know it. Maybe I’ll be older and smarter and just plain better. If that happens, that’s when I’ll deserve you. But now, at this moment, you can’t hook your boat to mine, because I’m liable to sink us both.”

““The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it…””

“Wait for someone who says, “Holy crap, how did I get so lucky?” when you walk in the door, absolutely exhausted from work at 6pm after being married for 30 years. Wait for that, it’s more than worth it.”