Carolina

“There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors.”
― Adrienne Rich

“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them”
― Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island

“And I don't believe in such a thing as "happily ever after". There's only happily every now and then. I find the hardest trick is to recognize the now-and-thens, and to bask in them when they come. Happiness is a choice we make, like how to wear our hair, or having coffee with breakfast and tea at night.”
― Cindy Bonner, The Passion of Dellie O'Barr

“People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.”
― Logan Pearsall Smith