#Relationship

"Don't call yourself discouraged anymore;it's no longer your name."

"Another way of remaining in intimacy with God is by remaining in His presence."

"We cannot prevail by our own might or strength, we need to plug on to the source of our strength so that we will remain resourceful always."

"You are not permitted to suffer what others suffer, you are not permitted to fail or die young."

"Ada: And why life? (Pause.) Why life, Henry? (Pause.) Is there anyone about?Henry: Not a living soul.Ada: I thought as much. (Pause.) When we longed to have it to ourselves there was always someone. Now that it does not matter the place is deserted."

"The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them."

"When it comes to men, deal with them as they are, not how you’d like them to be."

"YOU are your love of a lifetime."

"People will walk in and walk out of your life, but the one whose footstep made a long lasting impression is the one you should never allow to walk out."

"Words are directed to your personalities namely; - God, your hearers, devil and yourself."

"Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship."

"I’ll be your Dostoevsky, if you’ll be my Tolstoy. Our life together will be so full of despair that death will be like a gulag full of joy."

"We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it."

"Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart."

"I don't understand the point of being together if you're not the happiest."

"I don't care if the New York Times writes an obituary for me. I just want you to write one. ... You say you're not special because the world doesn't know about you, but that's an insult to me. I know about you."

"Don't say negative things about your spouse and children."

"He is the only option for better living."

"Patience is a virtue not a vice."

"...he had a way of taking your hand which made it clear he'd have to be the one to let go."From Alice Hoffman's "Local Girls", pg.102."