“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
“Whoa,” I pinned my dress under my legs and nudged his chest with my elbow. “Put me down. This is kidnapping.”
“No, it's not,” he stated with a smile, keeping his eyes on the path ahead, “It's is a rescue.”
“Rescue?” I scoffed, but imagined a white horse waiting for us as we burst through the doors. “I don't need to be rescued.”
He stopped walking and looked down at me; I shrank into his arms a little. “The fair maiden, who is locked in the darkest tower, guarded by the cruellest beast, never believes herself to be in danger, only suffering from sorrows untold and a heart untouched.”
― Angela M. Hudson, quote from Tears of the Broken
“¡Qué graciosos son los hombres! Cuando quieren hacernos un cumplido dicen que tenemos una mentalidad masculina.”
― Jean Webster, quote from Dear Enemy
“Something I'm not ready to name works itself under the grip of Charlies death and loosens it, and keeps the nightmare at bay when I fall back asleep.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal
“Until we’re dead, we Service people, the world will always be in danger of another war. We had too good a time in the last one. We’ll none of us come out into the open and admit it. It might be better for us if we did. [...] For our generation, the war years were the best time of our lives, not because they were war years but because we were young. The best years of our lives happened to be war years. Everyone looks back at the time when they were in their early twenties with nostalgia, but when we look back we only see the war. We had a fine time then, and so we think that if a third war came we’d have those happy, carefree years all over again. I don’t suppose we would—some of us might.”
― Nevil Shute, quote from Requiem for a Wren
“ 'What have you done?' I whispered.
She swallowed, and the guilt in her eyes was extinguished by a flare of defiance.
'This,' she said, 'is my ticket to outer space.' ”
― Kenneth Oppel, quote from Starclimber
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