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61 " Never to belittle love, no matter where it came from and to be a little humbler, nicer and kinder with my words and actions. "
― Preeti Shenoy , Life is What You Make It: A Story of Love, Hope and How Determination Can Overcome Even Destiny
62 " you gravitate instinctively towards people you can relate to and then gradually over the months a bond develops.It "
63 " I began writing: Love is not a contract you sign, where you commit to telling everything to each other. Love is when you feel understood without saying a thing. When you love someone, you accept them in their entirety. The bad bits along with the good bits. You learn to control your jealousy. You put their happiness above yours. You want the best for them. You wish them well. You tell them things that you believe are your absolute truth. You share your vulnerabilities with them. You show them your weakest side. You bank on their compassion. You never expect love to be unkind. And when you lose love, it feels like you have lost a part of yourself. Forever. "
― Preeti Shenoy , Wake Up, Life Is Calling
64 " Some male insects like the scorpion fly, gift the females tiny packets containing food. At times these packets are empty. They just serve as a clever distraction.while the female tries to open the gift, the male proceeds to mate with her.The rogue – how clever is that?! "
― Preeti Shenoy , Love A Little Stronger
65 " Ninety eight percent of the time, my husband is sweet. Really sweet. Not the sticky-sweet like cheap candy-chocolates that adhere stubbornly to every crevice in your mouth, but genuine sweet like a Godiva chocolate whose taste lingers long after you have finished relishing it. "
― Preeti Shenoy , 34 Bubblegums and Candies
66 " How does someone become so important in your life that your entire physical and emotional well-being depends on their actions? "
67 " if there is an underlying bond of deep love, no matter how terrible the misunderstanding, the relationship survives. "
68 " Never trust love’ – this is what makes sense. If you trust love, you will be hurt sooner or later. "
69 " Beauty is not what you see on the outside. Beauty is what you are deep inside, where no one watched. "
70 " The world is indeed a better place when there is love, friendship, acceptance and hope. Powered by these, you can indeed overcome anything, including destiny. "
71 " Life is also a great teacher. Life gives you the exams, but doesn’t tell you the syllabus. It is up to us to set our own lessons. "
72 " That’s the thing about love. You cannot force it. You cannot fight it. If it comes, you gratefully accept. If it doesn’t, you can’t do a thing. All you do is go about your daily business, hoping it will come tomorrow, the day after, eventually. "
73 " There are those who look at things the way they are and ask why. I dream of things that never were and ask why not. Why not? Why not? "
74 " A marriage is between equals. The couple has to set boundaries and decide where their individual freedom ends and where accountability begins, and to what extent should one be accountable. "
― Preeti Shenoy , Why We Love The Way We Do
75 " when it comes to relationships and love, we are all slaves of our heart, whether we are in our forties or our twenties. "
76 " But that is not going to help. The rage, the sheer helplessness at his cool demeanour, plus the facts that he has so calmly and clearly stated act as catalysts, and I explode, giving vent to the fury that has been swelling inside me and that I have been trying to contain. I fling his report card across the bedroom and his answer papers neatly stacked inside it go flying and scatter all across the room. ‘You … you fool. I struggle so much to raise you well and now this…’ I am unable to complete the sentence. He calmly picks up the report card and stacks all the answer sheets neatly inside. Then he hands me a bottle of water. I breathe in and out deeply and glug some down. He is fifteen going on twenty-five. ‘Ma, I have told you so many times,’ his voice is gentle, "
― Preeti Shenoy , It Happens for a Reason
77 " We need to talk.we need to communicate.And we all need to be understood. There is a deep need in all of us to be loved and accepted for who we truly are. "
78 " There are no buts and no ifs in life. Life is what you make it, "
79 " Blood is thicker than water. And nothing can stop the connection between a child and its parent. "
80 " when those we love die, they live on inside us. "
― Preeti Shenoy , A Hundred Little Flames