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“I always wanted to be something, but now I see I should have been more specific.”
― Lily Tomlin

“My little dog—a heartbeat at my feet.”
― Edith Wharton

“There are three possible parts to a date, of which at least two must be offered: entertainment, food, and affection. It is customary to begin a series of dates with a great deal of entertainment, a moderate amount of food, and the merest suggestion of affection. As the amount of affection increases, the entertainment can be reduced proportionately. When the affection IS the entertainment, we no longer call it dating. Under no circumstances can the food be omitted.”
― Judith Martin

“I like to have a martini,
Two at the very most.
After three I'm under the table,
after four I'm under my host.”
― Dorothy Parker, The Collected Dorothy Parker

“And really, what is trust other than faith in a clever disguise?”
― Rick R. Reed, Legally Wed

“Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common.”
― Dorothy Parker

“If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.”
― Dorothy Parker

“I said everyone looks happy. That was kinda my point. If you judge the world by Facebook, you wonder why so many people take Prozac.”
― Harlan Coben, The Stranger

“If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.”
― Woody Allen

“I don’t believe that God is concerned with whether or not we show our love by building magnificent edifices for worship, by attending services, or through practicing rules laid down by religious organizations. It seems to me that if God were to speak to us, the message would simply be to love each other and offer reverence rather than enmity toward all of life.”
― Wayne W. Dyer, The Shift: Taking Your Life from Ambition to Meaning

“As Bambi’s mother said, why not blow a few extra bucks when the mood strikes?”
― Douglas Clegg, The Children's Hour

“We think we’re humans having spiritual experiences, but we’re really spirits having human experiences,”
― Anne Lamott, Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace

“when we put on clothes, we’re telling ourselves something, and we’re communicating that something to every person we meet.”
― Lisa Unger, In the Blood

“We see the shadows of things, not the things themselves . . . We are forced to imagine what the writer doesn’t reveal.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, The Tattooed Girl: A Novel

“Love vanquishes all attackers, it is impregnable in defense. When heaven wants to protect someone, does it send an army? No, it protects him with love.”
― Wayne W. Dyer, Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao

“Which snowflake is the most magnificent? Is it possible that they are all magnificent—and that, celebrating their magnificence together they create an awesome display? Then they melt into each other, and into the Oneness. Yet they never go away. They never disappear. They never cease to be. Simply, they change form. And not just once, but several times: from solid to liquid, from liquid to vapor, from the seen to the unseen, to rise again, and then again to return in new displays of breathtaking beauty and wonder. This is Life, nourishing Life.”
― Wayne W. Dyer, Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao

“The courage to hear and embody opens us to a startling secret, that the best chance to be whole is to love whatever gets in the way, until it ceases to be an obstacle.”
― Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have

“People make fun of love at first sight, but it’s just good instincts.”
― Laura Lippman, After I'm Gone

“Almost every writer I know dreads the moment when someone tries to give you an idea. It’s not that the ideas are bad, just that the relationship between writer and novel is so personal that it’s a little like someone trying to play matchmaker for a happily married person.”
― Laura Lippman, After I'm Gone

“The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can’t be organized or regulated. It isn’t true that everybody should follow any one path. Listen to your own truth.”
― Ram Dass, Journey of Awakening: A Meditator's Guidebook

“The eye can see what we have in common or focus on what keeps us apart. And the heart can feel what joins us with everything or replay its many cuts. And the tongue can praise the wind or warn against the storm, can praise the sea or dread the flood.”
― Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have

“So, if you can, give up the want of another and be who you are, and more often than not, love will come at the precise moment you are simply loving yourself.”
― Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have

“There is no tomorrow, only a string of todays. Still,”
― Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have

“Now I want to stand naked before every wind; and though I'm still frightened I will break, I somehow know it's all a part—even the fright—of the rhythm of being alive.”
― Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have

“We have what we seek. It is there all the time, and if we give it time it will make itself known to us. —Thomas Merton”
― Ram Dass, Journey of Awakening: A Meditator's Guidebook

“The very best thing about dogs is how they just know when you need them most, and they’ll drop everything that they’re doing to sit with you awhile. I”
― Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus

“Someone once said give a dog food and shelter and treats and they think you are a god, but give a cat the same and they think they are the god.”
― Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus

“True imagination is not fanciful daydreaming; it is fire from heaven.” — ERNEST HOLMES”
― Wayne W. Dyer, Being in Balance

“Each morning when we wake up to life we see that we have a gift of twenty-four brand new hours. If”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Love Letter to the Earth

“Mindfulness is the continuous practice of touching deeply every moment of daily life. To be mindful is to be truly present with your body and your mind, to bring harmony to your intentions and actions, and to be in harmony with those around you.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Love Letter to the Earth