For the vernacular which he was adept at converting
Love feeds on deception.
Even now I remember those pictures, like pictures in a storybook one loved as a child. Radiant meadows, mountains vaporous in the trembling distance; leaves ankle-deep on a gusty autumn road; bonfires...
Give yourself a great self-respect to know who you are then your confidence will shine on you
My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...
When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.
There is no competition of sounds between a nightingale and a violin.
Why wait to forgive and let go only after you have sufficiently wallowed in your despair? Why not forgive and let go now?
One love, one heart, one destiny.
One can talk good and shower down roses, but it's the receiver that has to walk through the thorns, and all its false expectations.
Be your best proponent, ally, and advocate.