Michelle Ruder

“When I’m not with her, I wish she were there. When I am with her, I want that moment to last forever.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Hate

“we don't love people and animals because we will have them forever; we love them because loving them changes us, makes us better, healthier, kinder, realer. Loving people and animals makes us stronger in the right ways and weaker in the right ways. Even if animals and people leave, even if they die, they leave us better. So we keep loving, even though we might lose, because loving teaches us and changes us. And that's what we're here to do. God sends us here to learn how to be better lovers, and to learn how to be loved, so we'll be prepared for heaven.”
― Glennon Doyle Melton, Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed

“On the way out I stare at the vodka, whiskey, and rum bottles on the counter and I think, There I am. My personality, my courage, and my sense of humor are trapped inside those bottles and I can’t get to them. I am not in here, I am in there. What is the point of getting sober if I don’t even like my sober self?”
― Glennon Doyle Melton, Love Warrior

“Because real life isn’t a fairy tale, darling, and making a relationship last is hard. Love involves a lot of forgiveness. People aren’t perfect. Falling in love is easy, but staying in love is a choice. You have to decide if the ups and downs are worth sticking out because there will be plenty of them. There will be pain.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Ache for You