A.J. Messenger > Quotes

“Fate isn't set in stone. Free will can change everything”
― A.J. Messenger, Guardian

“when I think about it clearly. Maybe Alexander is dangerous—dangerously insane. “He’s”
― A.J. Messenger, Guardian

“dirty blonde” as my mom always calls it—the least-attractive-sounding hair color ever)”
― A.J. Messenger, Guardian

“This is what I mean..." I say softly, "you don't seem very angel-y right now"

"I'm not feeling very angel-y right now", he reply”
― A.J. Messenger, Guardian

“I fished your mobile out of the pocket of your jeans and put it in a bowl of rice. Hopefully it’ll be okay in a couple days.” “You can heal me, a living, breathing person, but you can’t heal a cell phone?” He smiles. “I don’t care as much about a cell phone as I care about you.”
― A.J. Messenger, Fallen

“To pursue truth we must doubt all things as much as possible.’ In other words, only those fooling themselves are cocksure.”
― A.J. Messenger, Fallen

“The truth is, we’re all the same, we’re all connected, and we’re all energy. There are no divisions. When mortals establish hierarchies that raise one group over another based on beliefs, gender, race, or anything else, they’re missing the essential perfection of the universe.”
― A.J. Messenger, Guardian

“Physical science [progresses by] discovering
what sorts of things can be precisely explained.
These may be fewer than we thought.” -Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize Winning Physicist”
― A.J. Messenger, Fallen

“I’m always with you,” she says with a fierceness only a mother can deliver. “No matter what. Your mom always has your back.”
― A.J. Messenger, Revelation

“But the eyes are blind. One must look with the heart.” –Antoine de Saint-Exupéry”
― A.J. Messenger, Return

“because a love like ours bends the universe.”
― A.J. Messenger, Return

“He pauses and then asks in a pained whisper, “Are you saying you don’t love me anymore?” The torment on his face is unbearable. I have to shut off my emotions completely or I know I’ll fall apart. My heart bursts with anguish but it’s time to play my last, cruel card. “No, Alexander, the truth is, I never loved you.”
― A.J. Messenger, Guardian

“Matilda by Roald Dahl.”
― A.J. Messenger, Guardian

“So your aura is your soul?” “And your body is your shell,”
― A.J. Messenger, Guardian

“So, wear that scar as a badge of honor that proves you can persevere against anything and anyone.”
― A.J. Messenger, Return

“Not always directly. But what you choose to give your attention to—or not—can shift the energy around you.”
― A.J. Messenger, Guardian

“again. “I can’t believe this. We’re going to have a baby.” “So you’re okay”
― A.J. Messenger, Revelation

“When you do something you know is the right thing to do, even when you don’t want to (in fact, especially when you don’t want to), you meet the kind of person you are.”
― A.J. Messenger, Return

“contemplating”
― A.J. Messenger, Guardian

“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” - Lao Tzu”
― A.J. Messenger, Return

“Declan?” My mom calls out to me from the kitchen when I open the front door. She comes around the corner and when she sees my face she drops the dish towel in her hand and wraps her arms around me. “Oh honey, what happened? Did you have another fight with Alexander?” I erupt into heaving sobs at the mention of his name. “We broke up, mom. We broke up.” That’s all I can get out as I start shaking uncontrollably, my tears soaking her shoulder.  We stay like that for a long time: My mom rocking me side to side, hugging me tightly, and smoothing my hair. “It’s okay, it’s okay,” she whispers, over and over like a meditation.”
― A.J. Messenger, Guardian

“If you approach an argument trying to see the other person’s perspective. If you both truly listen and take the time to understand each other’s side. That’s what matters. I read once that a show of contempt for your partner is a death knell for a marriage. If you love each other and you approach every argument truly looking for a solution, you’ll find one. The trick is to start with the belief that the other person is well intentioned—it makes it easier to listen when you’d rather slam the door in their stupid face.”
― A.J. Messenger, Revelation

“I mean if you argue respectfully. If you approach an argument trying to see the other person’s perspective. If you both truly listen and take the time to understand each other’s side. That’s what matters. I read once that a show of contempt for your partner is a death knell for a marriage. If you love each other and you approach every argument truly looking for a solution, you’ll find one. The trick is to start with the belief that the other person is well intentioned—it makes it easier to listen when you’d rather slam the door in their stupid face.”
― A.J. Messenger, Revelation

“And yet for all this help of head and brain How happily instinctive we remain, Our best guide upward further to the light, Passionate preference such as love at sight.” -Robert Frost”
― A.J. Messenger, Fallen

“having a child is ‘like having your heart go walking around outside your body.”
― A.J. Messenger, Return

“for”
― A.J. Messenger, Revelation

“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” -William Shakespeare, Hamlet”
― A.J. Messenger, Guardian

“but, in the end, what does a label matter? Finn has Asperger’s, I have panic attacks—everyone has something they’re dealing with that makes life challenging. We should all give each other a break for Christ’s sake.”
― A.J. Messenger, Guardian

“The truth is, we’re all the same, we’re all connected, and we’re all energy. There are no divisions. When mortals establish hierarchies that raise one group over another based on beliefs, gender, race, or anything else, they’re missing the essential perfection of the universe. Dark energy can twist positive teachings and make people do hateful, evil things in the name of what they convince themselves is good.”
― A.J. Messenger, Guardian

“If we’re not vulnerable and honest in our relationships then it’s not real, and who wants that?”
― A.J. Messenger, Return