Spottedleafs Heart Quotes & Sayings

I know why you picked her," Frank says, still sitting on the grass. "She's like you, sort of. A writer. Unhappy. Wishing she had someone who understood her. That's what killed her- being lonely. — Albert Borris

One becomes great when he comes to the realization that what he knows is very little. — Ed Parker

Come to my reality, but day or night, don't make me stop dreaming. — Nico J. Genes

Here's something about Mom: she's bad with annoyances, but great in a crisis. If a waiter doesn't refill her water after she's asked three times, or she forgets her dark glasses when the sun comes out, look out! But when it comes to something truly bad happening, Mom plugs into this supreme calm. — Maria Semple

One of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get. — William Lowe Bryan

I want love and I won't settle for less — Sylvia Day

Gertrude Jekyll, like Monet, was a painter with poor eyesight, and their gardens - his at Giverny in the Seine valley, hers in Surrey - had resemblance's that may have sprung from this condition. Both loved plants that foamed and frothed over walls and pergolas, spread in tides beneath trees; both saw flowers in islands of colored light - an image the normal eye captures only by squinting. — Eleanor Perenyi

Self-justification is a verbal defense for restoring the appearance of righteousness without doing anything about the substance. — Eugene H. Peterson

You must learn to call on the Lord. Don't sit all alone or lie on the couch, shaking your head and letting your thoughts torture you. Don't worry about how to get out of your situation or brood about your terrible life, how miserable you feel, and what a bad person you are. Instead, say, Get a grip on yourself, you lazy bum! Fall on your knees, and raise your hands and eyes toward heaven. Read a psalm. Say the Lord's Prayer, and tearfully tell God what you need. — Martin Luther

Associated with gratitude is virtue. I think they are related because he who is disposed to shun virtue lacks appreciation of life, its purposes, and the happiness and well-being of others. — Gordon B. Hinckley

No man is the whole of himself; his friends are the rest of him. — Harry Emerson Fosdick

Inaction counted as a choice. — Dean Koontz

Truth resides where there is faith. — Paulo Coelho