“What I believe
is that life
is music and fabulous foliage,
but it's also cancer and wars.
That's just how it is.
Maybe God could do better.
But shit, so could we. ”
― Lisa Schroeder, quote from Far from You
“Maybe it's not about determination
or love
or how hard
you can fight
Maybe it's just bout fate
and what
is meant to be”
― Lisa Schroeder, quote from Far from You
“I don't want to worry
I don't want to be sad
I have so much to be happy about”
― Lisa Schroeder, quote from Far from You
“The more you can share,
the less lost you feel. ”
― Lisa Schroeder, quote from Far from You
“He is
better than warm fall colors
better than beautiful music
better than doughnuts and coffee”
― Lisa Schroeder, quote from Far from You
“I wanted to freeze
in the moment in my mind
forever
because there's nothing better
than flutters of the heart”
― Lisa Schroeder, quote from Far from You
“Find the gift in the little things.”
― Lisa Schroeder, quote from Far from You
“Memories
fall
like
snowflakes
upon
my dreams.
The snowflakes
toss and tumble,
each different
and yet
the same.”
― Lisa Schroeder, quote from Far from You
“Funny how
time goes on,
things change,
and yet,
some things stay
exactly the same.”
― Lisa Schroeder, quote from Far from You
“I know she fought
She fought hard
but she didn't win”
― Lisa Schroeder, quote from Far from You
“Friends will keep us happy.
Our family keeps us warm.
We’ll party through the good times
and hold tight through the storms.”
― Lisa Schroeder, quote from Far from You
“Sleep little one
Sleep
Grow strong
And grow wings
The world is waiting for you”
― Lisa Schroeder, quote from Far from You
“Wonderland is here now.
Don’t know what we might see.
Yesterday’s gone forever.
But my future’s up to me.
What a future it will be….”
― Lisa Schroeder, quote from Far from You
“Absence makes the heart grow desperate.”
― Lisa Schroeder, quote from Far from You
“Honey, no matter where you are, I’m with you.
When the breeze brushes your cheek, that’s me.
When the stars sparkle and shine, that’s me.
When the tulips bloom in the spring, that’s me.”
The little things.
She’s there,
in the little things.”
― Lisa Schroeder, quote from Far from You
“Holes in my heart
Yeah.
That was about right”
― Lisa Schroeder, quote from Far from You
“I love fall
The season
of warm colors”
― Lisa Schroeder, quote from Far from You
“If anything,
he sparked
a fire
inside of me,
making me want to live again.”
― Lisa Schroeder, quote from Far from You
“Everything’s always changing.
Nothing stays the same.
Yesterday’s gone forever,
I’ve got memories and my name.”
― Lisa Schroeder, quote from Far from You
“If music is
the story
of our lives,
what song
did they
sing
for me?”
― Lisa Schroeder, quote from Far from You
“I felt heat and
my body trembled
and forces
beyond my control
pulled me to him
as the music ripped
through our bodies”
― Lisa Schroeder, quote from Far from You
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“See that tree?" It was a stubby cypress tree, all bent and twisted.
"Yeah, I see it."
"It's my favorite tree."
"It's not that great a tree," I said.
"That's it. That's exactly it. It's like me. The wind beat the holy crap out of it when it was just a sapling. Never could straighten itself out again." He sort of smiled at me. "But, Zach, it didn't die." He looked like maybe he wanted to cry. But he didn't. "It's alive."
"Maybe it should have just given up."
"That tree didn't know how to do that. It only knew how to live. Crooked. Bent. Taller trees dwarfing it even more. It just wanted to live. I named it, you know?"
He was waiting for me to ask what he'd named it--but I decided I didn't want to ask.
"Zach," he whispered. "The tree's name is Zach."[p. 135]”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, quote from Last Night I Sang to the Monster
“Abuse can make an animal mean.”
― Kristin Hannah, quote from True Colors
“The apothecary of this country is qualified by education to attend at the bedside of the sick, and, being in general better acquainted with pharmacy than the physicians of English universities ... is often the most successful practitioner.
JEREMIAH JENKINS, OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRESENT STATE OF THE PROFESSION AND TRADE OF MEDICINE, 1810
For”
― Julie Klassen, quote from The Apothecary's Daughter
“Gay isn't wrong or right. It just is. What's wrong is hating yourself because of it. You're going to spend more time with yourself than with anyone else in your life. You want to spend that whole time fighting who you are?”
― Alex Sanchez, quote from The God Box
“Does the beef salute the butcher as it throbs to it's knees?”
― Clive Barker, quote from Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three
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