This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage

by Ann Patchett

Forgiveness. The ability to forgive oneself. Stop here for a few breaths and think about this because it is the key to making art, and very possibly the key to finding any semblance of happiness in life.

There are in life a few miraculous moments when the right person is there to tell you what you need to hear and you are still open enough, impressionable enough, to take it in.

The quality of a life is defined not by its length, but by its depth, its actions and achievements.

There are always those perfect times with the people we love, those moments of joy and equality that sustain us later on.

Sometimes love does not have the most honorable beginnings, and the endings, the endings will break you in half.