“Did she ever feel nostalgia for any of her girlhood dreams? But life was made up of a succession of dreams, some few to be realized, most to be set aside as time went on, one or two to persist for a lifetime. It was knowing when to abandon a dream, perhaps, that mattered and distinguished the successful people in life from the sad, embittered persons who never moved on from the first of life's great disappointments. Or from the airy dreamers who never really lived life at all.” PeopleFeelsFirstsPersonsMadeTwoDreamKnowingSuccessfulMovedLifetimeDisappointmentNostalgiaAbandonDreamerSuccessful PeoplePersistDistinguishedSuccessionMoved OnAiryGirlhood Book:Simply Perfect Source: Simply Perfect
“Now I must live with the consequences of the choice I made. And I will not call it the wrong choice. That would be foolish and pointless. That choice led me to everything that has happened since, including this very moment, and the choices I make today or tomorrow or next week will lead me to the next and next present moments in my life. It is all a journey, Miss Jewell. I have come to understand that that is what life is all about-a journey and the courage and energy always to take the next step and the next without judgement about what was right and what was wrong.” MadeMomentsWould BeTodayLife IsChoicesNextEnergyStepsHappenedJourneyWeekMissingTomorrowConsequenceIncludingFoolishJudgementPresent MomentPointlessNext StepsLeading MeNext WeekWrong Choices Book:Simply Love Source: Simply Love
“Everyone was a rose but even more complex than a mere flower. Everyone was made up of infinitely layered petals. And everyone had something indescribably precious at the heart of their being. No one was shallow. Not really.” HeartMadeFlowerRoseMereComplexesShallowPetals Book:A Secret Affair Source: A Secret Affair
“But parents, she supposed, were not the pinnacle of perfection their children thought or expected them to be. They were humans who usually did the best they could but often made the wrong choices.” HumansChildrenMadeChoicesParentPerfectionExpectedPinnacleWrong Choices Book:Slightly Wicked Source: Slightly Wicked
“He gazed up at the blue sky and knew that heaven—at least in this life—was neither a time nor a place to be grasped and made into a possession. It came in fleeting moments and then went away again to leave one nostalgic and yearning and on the verge of tears. Very much on the verge of tears. And very frightened.” MadeMomentsHeavenSkyTearsBluePossessionThis LifeFrightenedYearningFleetingNostalgicFrightVergeBlue SkyFleeting Moments Author:Mary Balogh
