To gain your heart's desire you have to lose some part of your old life, your old self. To do that you have to have courage; without it, you can't make the leap. And if you don't make the leap you have only three choices: You can hate yourself for not taking the chance, you can hate the person from whom you've sacrificed your happiness, or you can hate the one who offered you happiness, and blame them for your lack of courage, convince yourself it wasn't real.
Laurell K. HamiltonHe doesnโt pretend,โ the punk pixie said. He nodded toward Doyle. โNice rings. You got anything else pierced?โ โYes,โ Doyle said. The boy smiled, making the rings in the edge of his nose and his bottom lip curl cheerfully with it. โMe too,โ he said.
Laurell K. HamiltonNow that's an Okay that really means Okay, not that Okay that women use that means everything but Okay.
Laurell K. HamiltonA flower may be beautiful all on its own, but a person is never truly beautiful unless someone's eyes show him that he is beautiful.
Laurell K. Hamilton