“I’d been fighting for this relationship since the day I first saw his water eyes.” Quote by Kiersten White
“The whole of the life -- even the hard -- is made up of the minute parts, and if I miss the infinitesimals, I miss the whole. These are new language lessons, and I live them out. There is a way to live the big of giving thanks in all things. It is this: to give thanks in this one small thing. The moments will add up.” IfsWayGivingMadeHardWholeMomentsBigsLanguageMinutesMissingLessonsAll ThingsAddThanksThanksgivingSmall ThingsWay To Live Author:Ann Voskamp
“He smiled at my reaction, the stupid smile of his that was like he knew something you didn’t. And he knew something I didn’t pretty much all the time, so it was pretty much every smile on his face.” FacesStupidReactions Author:Kiersten White
“This particular type of human carries weapons slightly more lethal than your beloved pink monstrosity” HumansParticularTypeWeaponsBelovedCarrieMonstrosity Author:Kiersten White
“Reth looked exasperated. “When is something ever not wrong in your life?” I frowned. “That’s my line.” Lines Author:Kiersten White
“Are you Evelyn Green?” “Sort of. Mostly. I mean, legally. Again, sort of.” MeanGreen Author:Kiersten White
“I thought I’d learn a few new words, but the men were too shocked to even swear this time.” MenSwearShockedNew Words Author:Kiersten White
“When you have kids, you instantly feel that you do not want to do them wrong. Those dads that go off to Florida and start a new life, I couldn’t imagine that: seeing my kid once every Christmas, every three years. If I’m gone for six days it feels like too much.” IfsWantFeelsYearsKidsThreeGoneToo MuchImagineSeeingDadSixChristmasThree YearsImagine ThatFloridaNew Life Author:Adam Carolla
“I know there is poor and hideous suffering, and I've seen the hungry and the guns that go to war. I have lived pain, and my life can tell: I only deepen the wound of the world when I neglect to give thanks for early light dappled through leaves and the heavy perfume of wild roses in early July and the song of crickets on humid nights and the rivers that run and the stars that rise and the rain that falls and all the good things that a good God gives.” KnowsWorldGivingWarLightRunningPainNightSufferingSongFallStarsPoorGunRainRiversGood ThingsRoseHeavyWoundsHungryThanksNeglectThanksgivingCricketPerfumeJulyHideousGood GodWild RosesHeavy Rain Author:Ann Voskamp
“Good luck trying to force Evie to do anything else once she has made up her mind. She is the definition of a stubborn, headstrong teenager.” “And you love me for it.” “I do.” LoveTryingMindMadeAgeForceLuckDefinitionsTeenagerStubbornGood LuckHeadstrong Author:Kiersten White
“I kind of wish they’d shut up,” Jack said. “Dude, true dat,” Lend answered. Jack nodded solemnly. “For serious.” KindSaidWishSeriousShut Up Author:Kiersten White