"I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I’ve just done what I damn well wanted to, and I’ve made enough money to support myself, and ain’t afraid of being alone."

― Katharine Hepburn

"Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more."

 Erica Jong

The beauty in the beast.

How do you sit and just watch someone whose heart is aching? How do you create excitement in someones eyes where now only sadness lives. How do you give them hope that the future will bring them better things. How do you tell someone to stop reliving all the beauitiful things they’ve experienced before heart ache?  When can you interject and say stop imagining what if, or maybe when. How can anyone do this if their heart is breaking just the same watching them? I can’t stand watching anyone in heart ache. Life is full of surprises and full of curve balls. Though at times life can bring us to tears because it doesn’t turn out the way we want it to, there is reason for it. We are full of strength. We are capable of enduring a lot of things. We must never forget the things that surround us that provide us with more than enough to live in happiness. We must learn to love unconditionally otherwise whats the point of loving with limits. Yes, we may hurt more if that is what we do. The beautiful thing is that when we love unconditionally we learn to want only the best for whomever we love. Its the beauty in the beast. The beauty in the way we love someone even during “the beast” this monster of heartache. It aches but thats also the beauty, the fact that you are so selfless to allow someone else the chance to be in peace or in happiness elsewhere, even if its not with you. That shows intense strength. To give up something or someone you love so much because it may bring them more happiness or be better for them. Love is a beautiful and wonderful thing. Though at times it may not seem as so, love will always be beautiful and wonderful.

““You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.”

—Barbara DeAngelis

"We obey ancient direction that no longer defines our society"

Yours Truly IISVERLYNN

"A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor’s."

Richard Whately

"Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy — in fact, they’re almost incompatible; one emotion hardly leaves room for the other. Both at once can produce unbearable turmoil…"

Robert Heinlein

"Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people."

George Bernard Shaw

"Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the 8-color boxes, but what you’re really looking for are the 64-color boxes with the sharpeners on the back. I fancy myself to be a 64-color box, though I’ve got a few missing. It’s ok though, because I’ve got some more vibrant colors like periwinkle at my disposal. I have a bit of a problem though in that I can only meet the 8-color boxes. Does anyone else have that problem? I mean there are so many different colors of life, of feeling, of articulation.. so when I meet someone who’s an 8-color type.. I’m like, “hey girl, magenta!” and she’s like, “oh, you mean purple!” and she goes off on her purple thing, and I’m like, “no - I want magenta!"

John Mayer