“Healthy relationships, even those that eventually end with breakups, aren’t a mistake. They’re a chance to grow and learn, about who you are, who you want to be, what kind of relationships are worth your time and energy. I hate this assumption that when people end a romantic relationship they leave a piece of their heart behind, they shatter and will be unable to offer their next partner their whole, pure self. People aren’t puzzles or vases. People have an endless capacity both to learn and to love. People also aren’t property. They do not become less valuable or tarnished by use.” LoveRelationshipsDatingBreakupSad But True Author:Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney
“They never say this, but it’s true, it was raining the first time I saw you.” RomancePoetryRainTrue Author:Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney
“Her face may have been the most beautiful female face I have ever seen. Yet, it was a beauty that was intimidating and overwhelming. It was an exquisiteness that made you want to turn and run, instead of approach.” BeautyRivalry Book:Asha in Time Source: Asha in Time
“He loves her for everything she is and is not. She’s old enough to appreciate that.” LoveRomanceMarriage Book:Asha in Time Source: Asha in Time
“She had the feeling, the tingling, lingering sense that something or someone life altering was just over the horizon. She had no idea what it was, but she wanted to rush headlong to bring it to her.” Growing UpAdulthoodHurry Book:Autumnal Dancer Source: Autumnal Dancer
“It is interesting how one word can spark memories that one believes she has buried beyond recognition. War reminded me of the sharp and bittersweet smell of burning homes, temples, and palaces. It made my eyes cloud over with a haze of dense smoke, kicked up dirt as people went running and careening around corners, and the flashing colors of different garments as citizens ran in all directions, their lives suddenly meaningless. The word war made me twelve years old again and frightened beyond sanity.” WarChildhoodMemory Book:Asha in Time Source: Asha in Time
“She did not date. She did not have time for men. Men were never, ever worth a great amount of energy. She was the kind of woman that looked down on what she called ‘settlers’, women who chose love and fleeting passion that turned to dull, lifeless marriages over a career and independence.” LoveIndependenceWomanhood Book:Autumnal Dancer Source: Autumnal Dancer
“For the hand of a beauty with honest words and sensibilities so mighty.“ Though your mother and father had hoped for something more fragile (and flighty),” BeautyParentsFairy TalePrinceCinderella Author:Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney
“You are one woman in an endless line of women who were chosen to love more passionately than others, be committed to justice more fervently than others, and seek our Maker’s higher expressions more reflectively than others.” ReligionHopeHeritage Book:Autumnal Dancer Source: Autumnal Dancer