J. Nordstrom > J.'s Quotes

“We are the daily bread of forlorn lovers, of all who want to believe in love; they cannot live without a taste.”
― Rob Bignell, Love Letters to Sophie's Mom

“It is upon such stones that men attempt to permanently etch history so they will not exist in a vacuum; it is the final statement after a lifetime of scratching out divisions upon the ground, over ephemeral time itself, merely to give their short journeys meaning, to tell others “I was here – do not forget me, do not let my brief blast dissolve into nothingness.”
― Rob Bignell

“The warm zephyr felt like the tips of thy fingers gently raking my cheek, my love.”
― J. John Nordstrom

“I only knew her deepest desire because it was my own, and when darkness came, I covered her shivering body with a soft blanket of stars. By moonlight, I read to her love poetry, which she, as my muse, had inspired.”
― J.John Nordstrom

“Stories keep the fire burning inside us, stories keep us form dashing our heads against the wall. Without stories we'd be lost, dead, forgotten.”
― Isla Morley, Above

“Morning has animated something in me, too, some dormant thing that for years has known only how to sit and wait. Get a move on, it says. Don't let the day get away.”
― Isla Morley, Above

“Missing can make a day take forever to end; remembering, though, can make it fly.”
― Isla Morley, Above

“Good marriages push us—not to become someone else but to become the best version of ourselves.”
― Jill Biden, Where the Light Enters: Building a Family, Discovering Myself

“This is the truest thing I know: that love makes a family whole. It doesn't matter if you're blending a family with biological and nonbiological children, or healing the wounds of losing a loved one, or inviting an aging parent to live with you. The details may differ, but love is the common denominator.”
― Jill Biden, Where the Light Enters: Building a Family, Discovering Myself

“The Biden's have another belief as well:" If you have to ask, it's too late." When someone is in need, when they're hurting, when they're overwhelmed, you don't wait until they tell you they need your help. You give it before they have to ask. So when Neilia died and Joe was left with two young boys, trying to father them and get through his own grief, all while juggling the new hectic life of a senator, Val didn't ask if there was something she could do. She moved in. And for three years, through her own career ambitions, through her courtship and eventual marriage to her husband, Jack, she lived with Joe and the boys and made sure they had the love and support they needed to keep going.”
― Jill Biden, Where the Light Enters: Building a Family, Discovering Myself

“A pain stabbed my heart, as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road

“Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry.”
― Jack Kerouac

“Stephen kissed me in the spring,
Robin in the fall,
But Colin only looked at me
And never kissed at all.

Stephen’s kiss was lost in jest,
Robin’s lost in play,
But the kiss in Colin’s eyes
Haunts me night and day.”
― Sara Teasdale, The Collected Poems