Admittance Quotes

“Maturity is when you're able to say, 'It's not just them. It's me.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“Divinity for the sake of the simple-minded is beautiful. One is bound to make doctrinal mistakes, and in like manner, even the greatest thinkers have been and will be wrong at some points. Those theological assertions that you write, say, or live by, and later feel foolish about - that feeling could perhaps be the grace of God, still living inside you enough to tell you that they were indeed foolish. By mistakes you know you are alive.”
― Criss Jami, Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile

“Doing something once can be addicting. Doing it twice is admitting it.”
― Paul Morabito, Poetic Delusions

“And yet, out of the blue, a tender moment would erupt so suddenly between us that the words I longed to tell him would almost slip out of my mouth.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

“For a long while, I pretended not to know that even though I had only one life, I was spending it inside a lonely marriage. When the knowing threatened to rise, I’d shove it back down. There was no point admitting I knew what I knew, because I would never do what the knowing would require me to do.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“The human equivalent of a succulent would be best."
Jay leaned back in his chair and folded his arms across his chest. "You want to match me up with a succulent?"
"A human succulent. Prickly. Resilient. Able to survive hot climates, cold temperaments, and emotional drought. Sprinkle a few e-mails on her, maybe buy her a lunch, and that should keep her going through the long cold months."
"You think I'm hot," he said, his voice smug. For some reason her opinion mattered to him, all the negativity aside.”
― Sara Desai, The Singles Table

“You more than like me." He scooted over until he was only inches away, his voice darkly teasing.
"Are you attempting to cross-examine something out of me?" She pushed herself up on her elbows. "Because I am a cross-examination master and I can see through your tricks."
"Is it a trick to admit a truth?" he asked softly. "I more than like you.”
― Sara Desai, The Singles Table

“I just can't admit it because I'm a teenager.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars