"Anybody can become a widow. There aren't any special qualifications. It happens in less time than it takes to draw a breath. It doesn't require the planning, for example, that it takes to become a wife or a mother or any of the other ritual roles of womanhood."

-- Jacquelyn Mitchard

#Mother Quotes #Wife Quotes #Special Quotes

“Once a quarter, Amy and I go off the grid and totally disconnect. It's totally doable and it will change your life.”
“A spark is a molecule of matter, yet may it kindle the world; vast is the mighty ocean, but drops have made it vast. Despise not thou small things, either for evil or for good; for a look may work thy ruin, or a word create thy wealth.”
“Whatâ€™s the point of truth or beauty or knowledge when anthrax bombs are popping all around you?”
“I want my grandkids to grow up in the great outdoors. The last thing I want is for them to grow up to be nerds.”
“A relationship that has any depth and power at all will inevitably penetrate our usual shield of defenses, exposing our most tender and sensitive spots, and leaving us feeling vulnerable - literally, 'able to be wounded.' To love, in this sense, is to open ourselves to being hurt. The dream of love would have us believe that something is wrong if a relationship causes us pain. Yet trying to avoid the wound of love only creates a more permanent kind of damage. It prevents us from opening ourselves fully, and this keeps us from ever forming a deeply satisfying intimate connection.”
“Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.”
“Nearly every night before I go to bed I ask myself, "Have I vibrated in tune with the Infinite today, or have I failed?”
“Ambivalence is like carbon monoxide - undetectable yet deadly.”

Source : Cherie Carter-Scott (2010). “If Success Is A Game, These Are The Rules”, p.16, Random House

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