Pure sincerity

"When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people's hearts."
~Lao Tzu

Once you get to know them..

"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them."
~A.A Milne

A friend

“A friend is one that 

knows you as you are, 

understands where you have been, 

accepts what you have become, and still, 

gently allows you to grow.” 

~William Shakespeare

Good friends are always close to the heart..

"Side by side or miles apart,
good friends are always
close to the heart."
~Anonymous

True Friends

Many people will walk in
and out of your life,
but only true friends will leave
footprints in your heart.
~Eleanor Roosevelt

Happiness...

"Happiness is like a butterfly.
The more you chase it, the more it eludes you.
But if you turn your attention to other things,
It comes and sits softly on your shoulder."
~Henry David Thoreau

Love has to be made, remade all the time, made new..

“Love doesn't just sit there like a stone; 
it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.” 
~Ursula K Le Guin

In times of grief and sorrow..

"In times of grief and sorrow I will hold you and rock you and take your grief and make it my own. 
When you cry I cry and when you hurt I hurt.
And together we will try to hold back the floods to tears and despair and make it through the potholed street of life”
~Nicholas Sparks

Don't cry

“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.” 
~Dr Seuss

Things fall apart..

“Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together” 
~Marilyn Monroe

You will lose what you value most...

“You will lose what you value most, so treasure it while you can.” 
~Richelle Mead

People come, people go..

“People come, people go – they’ll drift in and out of your life, almost like characters in a favorite book. When you finally close the cover, the characters have told their story and you start up again with another book, complete with new characters and adventures. Then you find yourself focusing on the new ones, not the ones from the past.” 
~Nicholas Sparks

It takes courage to love

“It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.” 
~Eleanor Roosevelt.

Happiness

“Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.” 
~Maxim Gorky

Life is short..

“Life is short, Break the Rules.
Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly.
Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably.
And never regret ANYTHING
That makes you smile.” 
~Mark Twain

Perfect love

“We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.”
~Tom Robbins

The future..

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Time is very slow..

“Time is very slow for those who wait
Very fast for those who are scared
very long for those who lament
Very short for those who celebrate
But for those who love time is eternal”

~William Shakespear

Waiting is painful...

Waiting is painful. 
Forgetting is painful. 
But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.” 
~Paulo Coelho

You can't force love..

“You can't force love, I realized.
It's there or it isn't. 
If it's not there, you've got to be able to admit it.
If it is there, you've got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love.”
~Richelle Mead