Alabama Irish Quotes

“I hope you know that when you’re happy, or sad, or joyful, when you’re melancholy on spring days, or rainy nights, or autumn evenings, I’d be right there with you, watching the leaves change. And during cold winters by the popping and cracking of a chimney fire, as the snow powders the limbs of the cedars, I’d be there, with you, lying beside you when you wake up and when you go to sleep. And I’d never abandon you. I’d be there for you when you need me. And starting now, I’ll be there for you as long as my time on earth shall last. All you ever have to do is tell me what you want or need and I’ll provide that for you, if it’s within my power. I swear I’ll love you the rest of my life.”
― James Russell Lingerfelt, Alabama Irish

“Sometimes I watch the moon and think about all the people in the entire history of people who also looked up at that very same moon. And I think about how they all saw sunsets and sunrises put off by the very same sun I see, and that they enjoyed all those streaks of colors. That one moon and one sun unites the entire human race.”
― James Russell Lingerfelt, Alabama Irish

“Forgiving doesn’t mean forgetting. Forgiveness is you not letting your hate and anger rule your life. Because it will, whether you realize it or not. When you free the offender, you’re freeing yourself. Your forgiveness or lack of forgiveness has no effect on them. It’s your journey. It’s your struggle.”
― James Russell Lingerfelt, Alabama Irish

“I’ve learned that when people are hurting, they need a comforter, not a commentator.”
― James Russell Lingerfelt, Alabama Irish

“Yellow swallowtail butterflies, with their charcoal striped wings, were all over the wildflowers. The woodpeckers rattled away in the trees. Two weeks ago, those sounds were annoying to me, but now, it sounds more like a song. I stopped to ask myself what was wrong with me, for everything to be so awesome in the world, and then I remembered. So this is what being in love is like.”
― James Russell Lingerfelt, Alabama Irish

“To know who you are, you must forget who people tell you to be. The greatest feat of courage is when we decide to live as our true selves, despite the condescending attitude from others.”
― James Russell Lingerfelt, Alabama Irish

“I realize that one of the reasons I fell in love with you is because I had seen a lot of ugly. And you were beautiful. You taught me that I could be myself, and still be loved. Every time I revealed more of my true self to you, you stepped closer to me – not away. You saved my life with your love. You made me want to be a better person. You gave me reasons to live, to love and forgive, and to become the best version of myself. I often wonder if you know how much you mean to me and the difference you’ve made in my life. If I ever lost you, I know I will have lost a sacred treasure, which I know I’ll never find again.”
― James Russell Lingerfelt, Alabama Irish

“She had the power to crush me into a million pieces, and that’s a beautiful vulnerability I wouldn’t exchange for anything.”
― James Russell Lingerfelt, Alabama Irish

“Nothing in my life has turned out the way I imagined it would. But I’m alright now, because I know I love a woman, and she loves me. And I have a family and I have a few good friends. For now on, I want to spend more time dwelling on the good in my life, rather than what I’ve lost.”
― James Russell Lingerfelt, Alabama Irish

“We just do the best we can with the knowledge we have. And that’s all anyone can hope for.”
― James Russell Lingerfelt, Alabama Irish

“I began realizing the world isn’t my oyster. I can’t control it. At first, it’s depressing, when you realize everything’s unpredictable. But later, as you accept it and grow, you realize how much freedom you have. Freedom to live and learn and try new things. We can’t control what happens to us, but we can control how we respond. We are shaped by our past, but we are not bound by it.”
― James Russell Lingerfelt, Alabama Irish

“If you turn around and face the bad that’s happened, and embrace it as a part of what has helped mold you as a person, you can learn how to deal with it, find healing, and find peace.”
― James Russell Lingerfelt, Alabama Irish

“When we lose people we love, we don’t mourn the past – we mourn unlived tomorrows. We mourn the loss of people who knew us thoroughly and loved us anyway, and future memories that will never be made.”
― James Russell Lingerfelt, Alabama Irish

“I knew then that I was never going to let anything get in the way of loving her, and marrying her. All I wanted was to tell her that I loved every memory of her, every facet, the way she talked, the way she laughed, how she was always kind to strangers, and if I could have one wish, that wish would be to spend the rest of my life with her.”
― James Russell Lingerfelt, Alabama Irish

“If life was a destination, well, what’s the destination? If we think of it as a destination, we get anxious and mad when things don’t work out. But if we see life as a journey, which is what it really is, we’re more open, and we’re more able to enjoy it. Because we’re not entitled.”
― James Russell Lingerfelt, Alabama Irish

“All kinds of things happen to us. It’s how we respond, that matters.”
― James Russell Lingerfelt, Alabama Irish

“It isn’t the suffering and pain we’re thankful for. We’re never thankful for that. But we are thankful for the lessons those experiences taught us.”
― James Russell Lingerfelt, Alabama Irish

“When we lie, we’re not being ourselves. And if we lie about who we are, then people can’t love us for who we truly are. They love who we portrayed ourselves to be.”
― James Russell Lingerfelt, Alabama Irish

“When I was a boy, people warned me that your first heartbreak is the worst. They say first loves never last because we’re kids. But what they don’t tell you is, that feeling of “inloveness” hurts even while the fire still burns hot. It’s both wonderful and painful at the same time, like a two way street... I feel like two souls, who were once united, have been torn apart. It’s beautiful and depressing and gut wrenching all at once. I literally cannot stop thinking about her.”
― James Russell Lingerfelt, Alabama Irish

“She took in the city – I took in her.”
― James Russell Lingerfelt, Alabama Irish

“Rushing romance is like pushing a rose to bloom before it’s time. If you’re patient and let nature take its course, the full beauty will unfold and make all the waiting worthwhile.”
― James Russell Lingerfelt, Alabama Irish

“When we’re emotional, the emotional side of the brain heats up and out shouts the logical side. That’s why people can fly off the handle and lose their temper, and then have major regrets about it later.”
― James Russell Lingerfelt, Alabama Irish

“Just because someone is offended doesn’t mean they’re right.”
― James Russell Lingerfelt, Alabama Irish