Anna Quotes
So time continued on slowly and painfully. Perhaps the old analogy of being a record stuck on repeat had become too dated
Funny how a little sleep, a little makeup, and a lot of contemplating can make you feel like a different person - a stronger version of yourself.
Morning tide makes a great companion when you don't want to be around people. It soothes and comforts and doesn't ask for anything.
We both know dad was my parental trash can, the fatherly receptacle on whom I dumped my emotions.
I had a curious feeling that I was living on several planes simultaneously
It's their failure, my little Anna, not yours. Men who try to understand the world without the help of children are like men who try to bake bread without the help of yeast.
I guess that's the thing about betrayal
He was not thinking that the Christian law which he had wanted to follow all his life prescribed that he forgive and love his enemies
The place in her, though, where her tears should have come from, was rough and dry. No, she didn't find any tears in herself to cry for the storyteller.The storyteller didn't exist anymore.
As much as I cared about him, I wasn’t a slave to fate. I could choose to ignore my feelings, strong as they were. It would be painful, but no more so than letting myself pine for my friend.
I suppose that means you don’t want any band-aids, either, ” I said, a touch more bitterly than I’d meant to.
Well, if you can accept that I’m a great big geeky fangirl, then I guess I can accept that you’re a skeptic and a realist.
If you are a worrywart you can't be a ninja. You can't rise up and fight when the weight of the world is pressing you down. Your family needs you to be sane and not bogged down in fear.
Ninja faith stands. It is not shaken when things seem contrary to what one expects. Ninja faith chooses to believe the truth.
Ninja Mom's can't be all their called to be, if their so stressed out about how their going to pay their Mastercard bill
Ninja mom's understand that life is a balancing act, and in order to keep the balance they have to learn to enjoy the moment!
Maturity is learning not to be run by your emotions. You control your emotions
When seeing the simple truth means recognizing that we're in sin, we would rather see things as being complicated.
This book is a very enjoyable read - I read it in a weekend. Eveline Maedel
He's exasperated. "I'm saying I'm in love with you! I've been in love with you this whole bleeding year!
Perhaps it wasn't age but what you were capable of, the lengths to which you were willing to go to get what you wanted, that mattered most.
Then Walter died as he lived, he told his mate. A hero, a soldier, and a survivor who chose to protect what was precious to him. I don't think, if you could ask him, that he would have any regrets.
God, you smell nice, ” he whispered. “I've missed that smell. I've missed everything about you, little Ann.
I don’t think I was strong in life. Now it seems like I loved every moment, thatevery breath was charmed and crisp.
I’d stare up at the sky, reminding myself that Caleb and I were both underneath it. That wherever he was, whatever he was doing, we would always share something.
Um, you don’t have to join me, but if you’re looking for a table, there are a couple good seats over there.” He nodded toward the far end.
Besides, unrequited love is one of those things that all teen-agers have to go through, right?
What a privilege it is to live now, at just this moment, and to be able to go anywhere....