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1 " What challenges us, what should break us, can in the end be our greatest blessing. Because our failures can make us great. Our most basic of human adversities can inspire within us an almost superhuman strength. Our weaknesses are simply our untested wings waiting to be flown. "
― Tillie Cole , A Veil of Vines
2 " The moment I realized this had not just been about making love. But that something bigger, deeper pulsed between us. And then my heart broke, because whatever dormant spark had just ignited within us, it must not be given chance to flourish. Tears "
3 " it was my heart and my pain, and I chose the heavy route of forgiveness. She "
4 " People like to say that love at first sight is a myth, that instant love is for the pages of a fantasy book. But it isn’t. I lived it. Your mother and I were proof of that fact. "
5 " His parted lips told me he wanted me. His flushed cheeks told me he hungered for me. But his open, honest gaze told me he needed me more than air. “Yes, "
6 " as my eyes closed and my world turned to dark, was . . . was she ever happy? "
7 " As I watched her eat another grape, assessing the taste and texture, I couldn’t help but think that my father would have loved her. "
8 " I love you, Achille Marchesi, winemaker of the Bella Collina merlot. I found you, my missing part, here amongst the vines, and nothing you say will ever change that fact. "
9 " Because sometimes, just sometimes, the sun and the moon align, bringing two people to the same place at the same time. Sometimes destiny guides them to exactly where they are meant to be. And their hearts fall in a tandem beat and their souls merge as one. "
10 " Hadn’t realized how lonely I was until I had someone walking beside me, laughing with me under the sun. "
11 " He said that once you find that person, your split-apart, you are blanketed by such belonging, such desire, that you will never want to be without it . . . as Plato said, ‘and they don’t want to be separated from one another, not even for a moment. "
12 " My father said you would know when you found it. It may not be apparent at first, but eventually, an overwhelming sense of peace would settle in your heart, and you would just know . . . know that you were bonded for life. "
13 " Because from the moment I saw her, and allowed myself to fall in love, my soul recognized her as my own. And . . . we would never want to be separated from one another . . . . . . not even for a moment. "
14 " Philosophy contemplates the world in every facet—its creation, its beauty, its flaws, its meaning. "
15 " A winemaker takes the seeds from a simple fruit, uses the earth to nurture it, then gives it new life in the most beautiful way. "
16 " The newspaper story . . . the labels . . . the illegible tick . . . the holding of the pen . . . the shaking . . . asking me to circle the mistakes . . . asking me to leave . . . the pain and fear in his beautiful eyes . . . "
17 " The moment I realized this had not just been about making love. But that something bigger, deeper pulsed between us. And then my heart broke, because whatever dormant spark had just ignited within us, it must not be given chance to flourish. "
18 " Our situation was complex, yet I knew that falling in love with her would be the simplest thing in the world. "
19 " My feet backed away from the window, and I forced myself to turn from the sight of the woman I loved in another man’s arms. "
