Quotes from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity. And you're keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls...are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“Good memories are like charms...Each is special. You collect them, one by one, until one day you look back and discover they make a long, colorful bracelet.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“But what is life if you don't live it?”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“Bad stuff happens.
Sometimes it makes no sense at all. Sometimes its unfair.
Sometimes, it just plain sucks.
Bad stuff happens sometimes.
Always remember that, but remember that you have to move on somehow. You just pick your head up and stare at something beautiful like the sky, or the ocean, and you move the hell on.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“There's a saying I remember from my grandmother: One today is worth two tomorrows.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“When its true, when it's right, love can give you the kind of joy that you can't get from any other experience.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“Love between two people can last a long time if the people love themselves some, and are ready to give love to another person.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“To be without love is to be without grace, what matters most in life.
We is so much better than I.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“Life is such a miracle, a series of small miracles.It really is, if you learn how to look at it with the right perspective.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“I've been looking for you a long time, I just didn't know it. But now I do.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“You just pick your head up and stare at something beautiful like the sky,
or the ocean and you move the hell on.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“We is always so much better than I.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“Bizarre! That's the only word I can use to describe life sometimes. Just freaking bizarre.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“It's so strange. Everything can be going alone just great, and then one day, whack, you're blindsided-- a lousy, crammy blow you didn't see coming.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

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"Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity. And you're keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls - family, health, friends, integrity - are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered. And once you truly understand the lesson of the five balls, you will have the beginnings of balance in your life.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“Life can be like walking on a high wire. Falling seems a tiny misstep away.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“You know how most people dread a birthday... Well, I feel the exact opposite. I feel that every day is an extraordinary gift. Just to be here, and especially to be here with you.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“You know, I guess I just don't like to talk a lot about sad things. Now you know my flaw. What good does it do to talk about sad things in the past?”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“I don't know why, but life is usually more complicated than the plans that we make.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“As soon as I left your place, I miss you.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five
balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends,
and integrity. And you're keeping all of them in the air.
But one day you finally come to understand that work is a
rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other
four balls-family, health, friends, integrity-are made of
glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably
scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered. And once you truly
understand the lesson of the five balls, you will have the
beginnings of balance in your life.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“Bad stuff does happen sometimes. Always remember that, but remember that you have to move on somehow.
You just pick your head up and stare at something beautiful like the sky, or the ocean and you move the hell on.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“If I never had another thing, Id have everything.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“There is something so precious about watching your child day after day after day. I want to hold on to every moment, every smile, every single hug and kiss. I suppose it has to do with loving to be needed and needing to give love.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“Bad stuff does happen sometimes, always remember that but remember that you have to move on somehow. You just pick your head up and stare at something beautiful like the sky or the ocean and you move the hell on.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“Good memories are like charms...Each is special. You collect them, one by one, until one day you look back and discover they make a long, colorful bracelet.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“(I loved her so much, and) I can't begin to explain ho lucky it is to find someone you can love that much and who, miracle of miracles, loves you that much back.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“Love between two people can last a long time if the people love themselves some and are ready to give love to another person.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“Life is such a miracle, a series of small miracles. It really is, if you learn how to look at it with right perspective.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“Life is such a miracle, a series of small miracles. It really is, if you learn how to look at it with the right perspective.”
― James Patterson, quote from Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

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