American-Statesman
Ah, how helpless we children are, how dependent on the whims of adults.
Never choose something because it's easier.
It didn’t drain me as I thought it might. Instead, it invigorated me. Such was love’s magic—the giver gained more than the receiver.
Is the desire for vengeance stronger than the longing to be loved? What evil magic does it possess to draw the human heart so powerfully to it?
Ii would no longer waste time on regret. I would turn my face to the future and carve it into the shape I wanted. - Panchali
I guess there's a lot we hope for that never happens.
I forgave you a long time ago,’ I say to Ram. ‘Though I didn’t know it until now. Because this is the most important aspect of love, whose other face is compassion: It isn’t doled out, drop by drop. I...
How pride had kept them from admitting their mistakes—and
He who binds to himself a Joy Doth the wingèd life destroy; But he who kisses the Joy as it flies Lives in Eternity’s sunrise.
Haven’t you seen how many of them come to the palace each week, just to see us wave to them from the public balcony?
Expectations are like hidden rocks in your path—all they do is trip you up. .
Did you ever think how monotonous your life would be if you could see all that was coming to you?
A situation in itself, he said, is neither happy nor unhappy. It’s only your response to it that causes your sorrow. But
His love was totally different from every other love in my life. Unlike them, it didn't expect me to behave in a certain way. It didn't change into displeasure or anger or even hatred if I didn't comp...
Your childhood hunger is the one that never leaves you.
Your childhood hunger is the one that never leaves you. No matter how famous or powerful they became, my husbands would always long to be cherished. They would always yearn to feel worthy. If a person...
Words are tricky. Sometimes you need them to bring out the hurt festering inside. If you don't, it turns gangrenous and kills you. . . . But sometimes words can break a feeling into pieces.
Why are you attracted to self-sabotage? I
Who held his cries in until red swam behind his eyelids like bleeding stars.