Dahlia

“Yes, it is so hard to dream and live and not to find what we want. So much has been given to us, but somehow not what we want. There is always something missing, always something we could have had, should have had. We do not understand why God denies us these things; why He is deaf to our prayers.”
― Naomi Ragen, An Observant Wife

“Love doesn’t like limits. It doesn’t follow the rules or come when it’s convenient. The moment you try to tell it no, love will laugh in your face.”
― Emma St. Clair, Falling for Your Enemy

“The most precious thing every human being has in this life is the freedom to choose how to live.”
― Naomi Ragen, An Observant Wife

“You taught me to care when I asked someone, ‘How are you?,’ to listen to the answer. You taught me that the people who don’t ask, who don’t speak, who are sitting alone on the sidelines, they are the people we need to sit down next to, not the ones who crowd around us.”
― Naomi Ragen, An Observant Wife