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made a mental note that if I ever needed help from a man I would make him a pie.
Whoever it was that said life can change in the blink of an eye sure wasn’t lying.
death changes everything.
there was one thing I knew for sure: wherever I was going, it had to be better than where I was.
I’d sure love to have you.”
“Welcome to Savannah.”
the Lord works in mysterious ways.”
Everyone needs to find the one thing that brings out her passion. It’s what we do and share with the world that matters.
“far too many people die with a heart that’s gone flat with indifference,
and it surely must be a terrible way to go. Life will offer us amazing opportunities, but we’ve got to be wide-awake to recognize them.”
“That’s the way it is sometimes when people leave us—one minute they’re here and the next minute they’re gone.”
Mrs. Odell once told me that forgiveness had a whole lot more to do with the person doing the forgiving than it did with the person in need of forgiveness. She said holding on to hurt and anger
made about as much sense as hitting your head with a hammer and expecting the other person to get a headache.
it occurred to me that that’s what friends should do: cherish the good and pretend not to notice the harmless rest.
“I find all men to be very much like wearing high-heeled shoes—I love how pretty they make me feel, but by the end of the night I can’t wait to get rid of them.”
‘Don’t grow up too fast, darling. Age is inevitable, but if you nurture a childlike heart, you’ll never ever grow old.’”
“It’s what we believe about ourselves that determines how others see us.”
“Oysters are a lot like women. It’s how we survive the hurts in life that brings us strength and gives us our beauty.”
The technique is called trompe l’oeil; that’s French for ‘tricks the eye.’
Don’t go wastin’ all them bright tomorrows you ain’t even seen by hangin’ on to what happened yesterday. Let go, child. Just breathe out and let go.”
“People is wise ’cause they get out in the world and live. Wisdom comes from experience—from knowin’ each day is a gift and accepting it with gladness. You read a whole lot of books, and readin’
sure has made you smart, but ain’t no book in the world gonna make you wise.”
“It’s how we survive the hurts in life that brings us strength and gives us our beauty.”
