“All women like chocolate, it's like female catnip.”
― The Mistletoe Promise
― The Mistletoe Promise
“In the face of adversity, we have a choice.
We can be bitter, or we can be better. Those words are my North Star.”
― Bitter Or Better: Grappling with Life on the Op-Ed Page
We can be bitter, or we can be better. Those words are my North Star.”
― Bitter Or Better: Grappling with Life on the Op-Ed Page
“I told Lee people in the chocolate business can't take honeymoons until the last bunny's been sold.”
― The Chocolate Bridal Bash
― The Chocolate Bridal Bash
“I am convinced--truly convinced-- that 99% of living is useless. The only--and I mean the ONLY--part of life that is worth anything, is the part where we love a few people in our lives, and to what degree we are able to love them, how much we are able to give, how much of our hearts we are able to put into it. Time moves fast forward; meanwhile, we spend that time on making money, chasing dreams, building names for ourselves, achieving stuff that we want to achieve...time moves fast forward and instead of standing in moments with a few people that we love, we run fast forward with it! We forget how to love a few people given to us to love, we forget how to stay, we forget how to feel, we forget, we forget, we forget, so we can run towards death, leaving behind a house perhaps; kids perhaps; a bank account hopefully; a name worth remembering maybe. But did we love? Did you love? Did you stay? Did you love with all of your heart? Did you? Will you?”
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“From the most insignificant of actions can come the most serious of consequences.”
― This Is Going To Hurt
― This Is Going To Hurt
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