T.W. Shannon Quotes
If someone wants to be in your life they will find you. If they don't they will find an excuse.
Of course, I rationalize the fear. I realize it’s not real, that my house isn’t burning down, that the deer aren’t going to kill me.
To be powerful, a kiss should make a journey, be its own story--begin with hesitation, move to realization, then melt into bliss.
People seldom change. Only their masks do. It is only our perception of them and the perception they have of themselves that actually change.
Forever echoed in their favor. "Never say never", she said softly. For you see, Forever had never heard of Never.
It is not what they say, but the reaction that tells you everything you need to know.
The only person worth risking everything for is the one person that would never let you risk everything for.
True love is not a question. It is an answer that you never have to spend a lifetime figuring out.
True love is the tide that pulls out to sea, but always returns to kiss the shore at sunrise.
God will always deliver the truth when you have enough faith to believe in miracles.
Good storytellers are always ready for the next question.
She didn't tell him white folks couldn't love the same as coloreds. She couldn't love the same neither though, cuz more than half of her was white.
Don’t be so caught up in the noble cause of responsibility that you lose your passion for who you are living for.
Your soulmate wasn't suppose to be perfect. You were meant to see the cracks in her soul and fill them with what you have and she was meant to see yours. Together you would be complete.
Satan will tempt you with many things in life, but the most powerful is the temptation to be grateful for what you have, when it is not the best life God had to offer you.
The irony of rule followers is they often quote a lot of people that do not follow as many rules as they do.
You will know you are in love when it doesn't matter if you sit in heaven or hell with that special someone just as long as they can make you laugh, while you put out the fires.
There is nothing in the world more pathetic than a bunch of wilted dandelions.
Tell me, how do get away from your own self?” she questioned. I knew what she meant with a sickening realization. They knew what I was. Somehow, they had found out my only secret.
If God gave you contentment then you would never pursue your life purpose. It is your restlessness that pushes you to take action, change your life and seek more of what you could possibly be.
There are so many random questions in life, but the important ones harldy have a random answer.
When you turn your back on hypocrisy and do nothing you don’t change the hearts of others you change yours.
Hypocrisy/hi pakrise/ noun1. The moment you tell someone it is not important to be right, in order to look right to everyone else.
The real moments that changed the world are when church members miss the meaning of a whole sermon, and take no accountability for the testimonies they damage, by being self-righteous.
It's good to cry a bit, 'cause that helps us get through the rough parts. And the winter is though, there's no doubt. But we just hang on until spring when that ache will be all but swallowed up.
I was born into chaos. I didn’t know what peace felt like.
The most influential people you will ever meet were once held together by the encouragement of others.
It wasn’t as if she’d thought it through or anything, how what a person wanted wasn’t always what they needed, and what a person needed might be the last thing they could ever want.
It is not that I do not want you. Only that I might want you too much. And for too long
You’re worried about what-ifs. Well, what if you stopped worrying?
Every insecure soul has a government of their own and a paid judge in their court room.
There really is no sense in pretending to be normal. Just be you because the moment you do, weirder things happen. Crazy comes back into fashion and every woman has to go out and find her some.
Charlotte wondered if she would have recognized the crazy much earlier if he looked more like Steve Buscemi then Mr. Medieval Hotness.
You are loved deeper than any ocean. Let your mind swim through it's depth because I will never let you drown.
It is hundreds of tiny threads of memories, which sew people together through the years. Despite, their mental separation they stay woven into that tapestry out of habit, emotion, obsession or fear.
You can never kill the spirit of an artist. They will always rewrite their resurrection and paint an eternal sunset with a blaze of orange that no one has seen before.
There is nothing spiritual about a marriage that uses guilt, blame, shame or religious manipulations to keep a relationship together.
Any woman of virtue won't be easy to come by. She will make you jump over hurdles to reach her.