The Gift Quotes

“Success is never final and failure never fatal. It’s courage that counts. George F. Tilton”
― May Archer, The Gift

“Dude, everyone knows the first rule of romance book club is nobody talks about romance book club.”
― May Archer, The Gift

“I should know better than to make fun of anyone for what they love to read. There’s a reason there are a billion books in the world.”
― May Archer, The Gift

“Love was this. Love was connection. Love was when your rough corners and missing pieces weren’t imperfections you needed to correct, they were the tabs and blanks on a jigsaw puzzle piece that perfectly aligned with someone else’s and locked you together seamlessly.”
― May Archer, The Gift

“No promises, no expectations, no disappointment.”
― May Archer, The Gift

“When people care about you, they don’t want to see you struggling, Daniel.”
I clenched my jaw. “It’s funny, Dad. I always thought when people who loved you saw you struggling, they’d want to help. To encourage you.”
― May Archer, The Gift

“There were some people in your life who encouraged you with positivity, and others who encouraged you with criticism, but there were some, like my parents, who encouraged with discouragement. Anything they believed I couldn’t or shouldn’t do became irresistibly tempting.”
― May Archer, The Gift

“I fought the urge to look down and verify that someone hadn’t slapped a “please talk to me” sign on my chest when I wasn’t looking.”
― May Archer, The Gift

“I wouldn’t go traipsing into the fucking Forbidden Forest here for just anyone.”
― May Archer, The Gift

“If I were into guys, I mean. Which I wasn’t. At all.”
― May Archer, The Gift

“I once thought solitude was perfection when really it was stasis. You taught me that creativity can’t blossom in isolation, that sometimes we see each other more clearly than we see ourselves, and that the greatest gift we can ever receive is someone who accepts us just as we are.”
― May Archer, The Gift

“No,” Daniel said. “Someone who finds their words meaningful. Someone who derives so much enjoyment from the thing they’ve poured their heart and soul into. Roald Dahl said, ‘Lukewarm is no good.’ He said you have to be an enthusiast in life. And frankly, if more people focused on finding the joy in their own lives, they wouldn’t spend so much time trying to tear other people down.”
― May Archer, The Gift