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78635e5 I believe as I did as a child, that life has meaning, direction and value; that no suffering is lost; that each drop of blood and every tear counts; and that the secret of the world is to be found in St. John's "Veus Caritas est"--"God is love." --FRANCOIS MAURIAC" Mary Jo Putney
a2f01cb Once we begin our journey, it would be appropriate if you show a groveling desire to please your employer." Juliet raised her eyebrows loftily. "I was planning on being the sort of servant who is erratic and unreliable, but who won't let you be cheated by anyone other than myself." "That does sound more your style than groveling," he said with a hint of a smile." Mary Jo Putney
e1b4f10 Perhaps the soul wasn't a foundation but a mosaic composed of myriad small insights and transcendental moments. Mary Jo Putney
67b75d3 Hoshan I experienced profound spiritual awareness," he said slowly. "It began with a devastating recognition of my failures and shortcomings. Only when all my pride and arrogance had been stripped away did I experience divine compassion so infinite that it could forgive all my weaknesses and fill me with light." Mary Jo Putney
6c6bba0 As the next car in the line pulled up, he sent a last yearning glance after Kate, wanting to imprint that laughing image on his mind forever. Girls like her were not for guys like him, who parked cars and worked construction to earn college money. His imagination hadn't been good enough to guess the way the night would end. But that was then, and this Mary Jo Putney
3db00bd As Paracelsus said, 'Dose alone makes a poison.'" The" Mary Jo Putney
f98ae66 That's either powerfully romantic Mary Jo Putney
03457ff Un frate este cel mai bun aliat al unui om intr-o lume dificila, caci nimeni nu intelege la fel de bine fortele care ne formeaza pe viata. Mary Jo Putney
407885d Intimacy was a web spun of many strands, and each small submission on her part was a point won for him. Mary Jo Putney
737c526 Could his amnesia be a way of concealing that loss from himself because remembering would be unbearable? Mariah was an anchor in high winds, but she knew surprisingly little about his life. Mary Jo Putney
9569009 The moment was like a tear in the fabric of their love play; underneath, the dark waters of past and future anguish lent poignancy to everything they said and did. Mary Jo Putney
37dfe91 The cue allows more flexibility and control. But I imagine you'll prefer the mace--it's more moral." Clare's dark brows arched. "How can one piece of wood be more moral than another?" Mary Jo Putney
ef63a30 You were the devil's daughter even then, you just lacked the experience to fully express your natural outrageousness. Mary Jo Putney
4e6d97a Eloise thought that justice was a funny thing. It was a big idea, a romantic one. It was imagined like a satisfying end to a story. Lisa Unger
ae8bb68 Of every noble action the intentIs to give worth reward, vice punishment. Beaumont and Fletcher
698a491 Dreams come true, I guess, just not always how you imagine them. Lisa Unger
4eee6e3 We are changed by the things we experience. The big things, the small things have their impact and can't be undone. To judge those experiences, to hate the things that have happened to us is to hate who we've become because of them. Lisa Unger
c54623e We don't choose where we come from, Marshall. And we often have little to say about what happens to us. But the adult understands that he and he alone is responsible for his life. You have choices now, choices that will affect your future. Lisa Unger
7821d80 Daily, she forgave his flaws, just as she knew he forgave hers. Maybe that alone was the foundation of a good marriage, an endless willingness to forgive and to love in spite of ourselves, an ability to ride the highs and endure the lows, the decision to always go home. She Lisa Unger
6da9a20 She'd spun a web around Maggie's son without his knowing it, without even perhaps her intention. Spider silk was stronger than chain if you happened to be a fly. There Lisa Unger
e925260 But there was something more true, more solid about loving someone through change. Lisa Unger
30466bb The years grew over that embrace like a vine. Lisa Unger
2dc6fe1 But words are all we have, their essence the only passage into our centers, the only way we can make people feel what we feel Lisa Unger
799f040 Sarah's death and how it haunted you, how you were swallowed by your guilt. But your mother was at least partially responsible for how you handled that situation as well. Let's not forget that you were just a kid. With the right guidance, you might have come through that incident better." Jones" Lisa Unger
d81fe8a As far as Eloise was concerned, there were only two ways of being in the world. You either walked through life acting out of love, or you acted out of fear. Lisa Unger
6f3bab7 There was and always had been a drive within me to know the truth of things. Lisa Unger
d31e50a Finley felt a fresh wash of tears, a desire to run toward Eloise, to cling and to hold on. But she didn't. She had already learned the most important lesson Eloise had to teach, though it still hurt like hell: Fear holds on. Love lets go. "Yes," Lisa Unger
4009c0b They just want to be heard. They just want us to listen to their stories. Are Lisa Unger
a3e365d Something about her called away a piece of him, and it floated through the air and she breathed it in, and it was forever lost to her. Lisa Unger
67fb6ab I've had my fill of cool, Willow. These days it's kindness, honesty, and stability that impress me. Lisa Unger
5a49750 Character gives us qualities, but it is in actions--what we do--that we are happy or the reverse.... All human happiness and misery take the form of action. --ARISTOTLE Writing Lisa Unger
86d01a5 Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep. --John Milton, Paradise Lost Lisa Unger
64be734 What had amazed him, what amazed him still, even after all these years, was how quickly he'd stepped out of himself. He'd slipped off every convention and moral that had defined him, a great cowl that fell to the floor with the unfastening of a single closure. The person beneath it was someone he barely recognized. Lisa Unger
0d0f778 Fear holds on. Love lets go. "Yes," Lisa Unger
c07324e But then again, we're all on death row, aren't we? Most of us just don't know it. Lisa Unger
30fd3c8 Who you marry, what you choose as your profession, how you were raised--yes, that is the big picture. But, as they say, the devil's in the details. Lisa Unger
7d4b91b I love the way Beck loves. If everyone loved like she did, the world would be a better place. Lisa Unger
603d736 People who kill themselves generally suffer from severe clinical depression," I said. "Their reasons for choosing suicide are not always rational. It's often a chemical imbalance that leads them to the choice." Lisa Unger
d1952be You can't squeeze blood from a stone. You can try, but you do all the bleeding. Lisa Unger
223e546 Emily thought maybe it was simpler than that: Some people gave money instead of love because it was all they had to give. A full bank account and a life of good deeds achieved with money didn't mean a full heart or a giving soul--often just the opposite. Lisa Unger
dd4513a No one ever talks about issues like dissociative identity disorder, fugue, or psychotic breaks in anything but the most negative light. No one ever talks about how the personality does this type of thing to protect itself, to save itself, or how powerful and effective it is." I" Lisa Unger
f69c798 When I look back on my life, I marvel at how it hasn't been the major decisions that have most impacted its course. It's been the tiny, seemingly inconsequential ones. Think about it. Think about the sudden events that have affected your life. With most of them, wasn't it just a matter of seconds one way or the other? Wasn't it the little decisions that caused you to cross this street or that, to move yourself into or out of harm's way? The.. Lisa Unger
8019329 I agree. I have a therapist now, one with whom I'm actually honest, and we've been over the events of my life again and again--rehashing without judgment the things I've done, the things that have been done to me, and how I ultimately saved myself. Lisa Unger
f1be722 Anger is not the absence of love. Anger broke you apart. Love and anger wrap around each other and becomes one living thing inside your heart. Lisa Unger