“The hard thing when you get old is to keep your horizons open. The first part of your life everything is in front of you, all your potential and promise. But over the years, you make decisions; you carve yourself into a given shape. Then the challenge is to keep discovering the green growing edge.” YearsFirstsHardGivenChallengesDecisionGrowingFrontsPromiseShapesGreenEdgesHorizonDiscoveringHard Things Author:Howard Thurman
“Alcohol is like anything else. It's only as bad as the person it's being poured into. If it's used to heighten an occasion, or to take an edge off stress, I don't see a problem. Trouble starts when you either lose control and let the bottle run you, or when you believe its promises of immortality. You realize that no matter how much you punish yourself, you always seem to wake up the next day. Pretty soon you're convinced that you will never die. When that happens I guess it is time to look for help before your life becomes one long, lost weekend.” IfsLifeBelieveLooksPersonsLongMatterHelpingProblemSeemsHappensRunningUsedDiesNextBeliefLostRealizingLosesTroublePromiseStressWake UpEdgesConvincedAlcoholPunishmentOccasionsImmortalityBottlesWeekendNext Day Book:The Wrong Stuff Source: The Wrong Stuff
“...all these kids you can't seem to make sense of would stop holding you so far off the edge of your seats if you'd start holding yourselves to the promises you make. We know you're not perfect, because we're not. And I know I'm not perfect, but I believe I was meant to be.” IfsKnowsBelieveSeemsKidsI BelievePerfectPromiseEdgesMake SenseSeatsMeant To BeNot PerfectWere Meant To BeI'm Not Perfect Author:Buddy Wakefield
“I imagine the ones we’ve lost as ghosts who prowl about the edges of the light, waiting for us to join them. Sometimes that’s terrifying, and sometimes it’s reassuring, a promise of homecoming.” SometimesLightLostWaitingImaginePromiseEdgesGhostReassuringHomecoming Book:Aftermath Source: Aftermath
“A kiss, when all is told, what is it? An oath taken a little closer, a promise more exact. A wish that longs to be confirmed, a rosy circle drawn around the verb 'to love'. A kiss is a secret which takes the lips for the ear, a moment of infinity humming like a bee, a communion tasting of flowers, a way of breathing in a little of the heart and tasting a little of the soul with the edge of the lips!” WayHeartLittlesSoulMomentsWishSecretTakenFlowerPromiseKissingEarsLipsEdgesCirclesBreathingInfinityBeesCommunionOathVerbsTastingHummingRosy Author:Edmond Rostand
“A bran' new book is a beautiful thing, all promise and fresh pages, the neatly squared spine, the brisk sense of a journey beginning. But a well-worn book also has its pleasures, the soft caress and give of the paper's edges, the comfort, like an old shawl, of an oft-read story.” GivingWellsBookStoriesBeautifulPleasureJourneyComfortPromisePaperPagesEdgesWornBeautiful ThingsSpineCaressNew Books Book:The Haunting of Charles Dickens Source: The Haunting of Charles Dickens
“She thumped him again. He looked startled, then caught her flying fist in his hand and gently pried her fingers open. Very carefully he pressed a kiss into the exact center of her palm. 'Savannah? Were you trying to hit me?' 'I didn't hit you--twice, you scum. You didn't even notice the first time.' She sounded very irritated with him. For some reason it made him want to smile. 'I apologize, mon amour. Next time, I promise I will notice when you strike me.' The hard edge to his mouth softened into a semblance of a smile. 'I will even go so far as to pretend that it hurts, if you wish it.” IfsWantTryingFirstsMadeHardReasonHandsNextWishHurtPromiseKissingMouthsFirst TimeFingersEdgesCaughtStrikesFlyingApologizingNext TimeIt HurtsPalmsFistsI PromiseAmourIrritatedSemblanceI ApologizeScumSavannah Author:Christine Feehan