Dete Meserve > Quotes

“Sometimes the most important moments in your life can only be seen in the rearview mirror.”
― Dete Meserve, Good Sam

“Over the years, I’d convinced myself that good rarely exists in this world, and if it does, it comes with ulterior motives and hidden agendas. But the truth is that good is everywhere. It’s harder to see, but often it’s right in front of you.”
― Dete Meserve, Good Sam

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― Dete Meserve, Good Sam

“We think all we are is what we see on the surface. But there’s always more.”
― Dete Meserve, The Memory Collectors

“So many of the most remarkable discoveries are made when we look past the obvious, when we find ways around being blinded by light, and when we discover new ways to see in the dark.”
― Dete Meserve, The Space Between

“... we have to look beyond what we can see, and search in the space between.”
― Dete Meserve, The Space Between

“Maybe it was his touch that crackled like electricity along my skin or the way he toyed with my feet under the table as I inhaled the delicious soup he had made. Maybe it was the way he spoke to me, caressing me with his voice, deep and warm. It felt right being with him, like we had always being together Yet there was also a tension between us. I think we both felt our attraction deepening but weren't sure what we were going to do about it.”
― Dete Meserve, Good Sam

“Every tragedy chips away at optimism. Hope becomes fragile then frayed - until one day, if you let it, hope disappears entirely.”
― Dete Meserve, Good Sam

“I had only known her for five days.”
― Dete Meserve, The Memory Collectors

“The Earth shifts below our feet, bringing forth not-so-subtle changes- lightness and dark- but after a while, we cease to notice them.”
― Dete Meserve, The Space Between

“Sometimes things just . . . suck. Things happen that make us feel like this is going to be the way it is forever. And we get stuck in this bubble, feeling like we’re the only one going through this crap. But we’re not alone.”
― Dete Meserve, The Good Stranger

“Something remarkable happens when you observe someone and they have no idea they're being watched. It's as though they're uncloaked for a moment and you can see them as they really are.”
― Dete Meserve, The Space Between

“Sometimes the most important moments in your life can only be seen in the rearview”
― Dete Meserve, Good Sam

“The most important discoveries are made when we question evidence and consider new possibilities.”
― Dete Meserve, The Space Between

“Sometimes we really can't know the people we love.”
― Dete Meserve, The Space Between

“Sometimes fate steps in to steal things from you. And sometimes it sweeps in to take you places you only dreamed of going.”
― Dete Meserve, The Memory Collectors

“Sometimes the most important moments in your life can only been in the rearview mirror.”
― Dete Meserve, Good Sam

“Everything lies. Except the eyes. Didn’t Van Gogh—or maybe it was Tupac—say that?”
― Dete Meserve, The Memory Collectors

“Small acts of goodwill are everywhere.”
― Dete Meserve, Random Acts of Kindness

“Silently one by one, In the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, The forget-me-nots of the angels —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”
― Dete Meserve, The Space Between

“We all think we know what other people should do. But I see now that each of us is going on roads only we can see.”
― Dete Meserve, The Memory Collectors

“Many people are there for you when you rise to the top, but few are there for you when you hit rock bottom.”
― Dete Meserve, The Space Between

“I am sitting here wanting memories to teach me to see the beauty in the world through my own eyes— Ysaye Barnwell”
― Dete Meserve, The Memory Collectors

“Each and every one of us can become a bright candle,” Pope Francis once said, “a reminder that light will overcome darkness and never the other way around.”
― Dete Meserve, Random Acts of Kindness

“Most charities already target the poorest people in our communities: the homeless, the chronically unemployed, the unskilled, those living well below the poverty line. I think that's important and necessary. My philosophy as Good Sam is this. It's not only those who've hit rock bottom who deserve help. Corporate mergers, globalization, recessions, tax cuts for the super wealthy - these all the effect of punishing all Americans. What about those who appear to be getting by on their own? The man who works two jobs to put a roof over his family's head, who pays his taxes, yet still fights to makes ends meet?He doesn't qualify for food stamps or low-cost housing or handouts from charities. He's laboring longer, earning less, and has fewer job protections than he did twenty-five years ago. Yet few government programs or charities address his needs.... I gave to people in a wide variety of professions and financial circumstances. But most of the money went to the people who keep the factories and stores running, who fix our cars and our plumbing, who bake our bread and serve our coffee, who teach our children in school. They are the soldiers in our everyday lives, and they cannot and should not be forgotten.”
― Dete Meserve, Good Sam

“A question can be as lethal as a weapon. It can insinuate, humiliate, aggravate, and, yes, illuminate.”
― Dete Meserve, Good Sam

“Everything we do, everything that happens to us - good or bad - relies on a million little moments in the past. We fool ourselves if we believe that we control every moment. But we can do something now to change our futures.”
― Dete Meserve, The Memory Collectors

“Time moves differently in a hospital. In the outside world, everyone is rushing, stressing, planning, strategizing, pushing on to the next appointment and the next thing. Inside, time slows like pulled taffy. In the hushed quiet of the hospital, everyone waits. For test results. For the doctor. For good news.”
― Dete Meserve, Good Sam

“I'd let down my guard, let him suck me into the Good Sam story, never fully realizing he might be manipulating me for his own benefit. Jack had that effect on me. Being with Jack was like standing in the midst of a brilliant sunbeam, at once dazzled by its radiance even as you knew it was burning you.”
― Dete Meserve, Good Sam

“They say revenge is sweet, but if that's true, it's only temporary. At some point you must realize that your revenge has made you no less culpable than the person who did you wrong in the first place.”
― Dete Meserve, Good Sam