Framed Quotes

“Doing what’s right when someone was in need should be standard operating procedure for all humankind.”
― C.P. Smith, Framed

“You saved me,” he repeated. The words sounded like they’d been pulled from the depths of his soul. He stepped back and then dropped his jeans, laying his body, mind, and soul bare with me. “Baby—” “My own parents walked away from me, but you saved me,” he hissed, raising a shaking hand to my face.”
― C.P. Smith, Framed

“You can call me Prez,” the other SEAL jumped in, pulling my hand away from Mickey’s. “Why Prez?” my dad asked. “Because I was named after the greatest President to ever hold the office. Ronald Reagan, God rest his soul,” Prez answered with pride, his hand over his heart as if uttering the Gipper’s name required the same respect as the Pledge of Allegiance. “Amen,” my dad joined in, shaking Prez’s hand. An immediate bond, born of conservative values, was formed between the two.”
― C.P. Smith, Framed

“Birth, life, and death coexist in balance and everyone has a choice on how to navigate them. If you’re lucky, sometimes during the living you get to experience euphoria so blinding it takes your breath away, and sometimes, during the living you lie to rest those who are your world, darkening that blinding light. How you choose to do the living during your short magical ride called life is your choice. I, for one, choose to live my life loving.”
― C.P. Smith, Framed