#precious

When you're in danger of losing a thing it becomes precious and when it's around us, it's in tedious abundance and we take it for granted as if we're going to live forever, which we're not. ↗

— John McGahern

#around #becomes #danger #forever #going

One sees a blatant disregard for the precious souls of mankind. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#disregard #mankind #precious #sees #souls

Finally, after a lot of searching and digging, it was simply the love of family that gave me a road into the character. Once I got into that, and we delved into what it would be like to survive cancer and the ability to see how precious life is, it became easier to play her. ↗

— Jeanne Tripplehorn

#after #became #cancer #character #delved

How I wish you could have known me in my strength. ↗

— Marilynne Robinson

#brave #courage #fortitude #grace #inspirational

Ephemerals: That's what Hub called them; flowers that bloomed and died in a matter of weeks, before the trees leafed out and shaded them. She liked the way the word sounded in her head. I am an ephemeral. It made her feel like something passing and precious. ↗

— Pamela Todd

#ephemerality #flowers #precious #spring #faith

An author is like a jeweller, with words as their gemstones and imagination the precious metals. ↗

— Steve Smy

#gemstones #imagination #jeweller #precious-metals #words

Life is very precious. ↗

— Brian Harvey

#precious #very

If you open your heart, then the object of your love becomes so precious because you are so open. And that philosophy, that caring, spreads. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#becomes #caring #heart #love #object

I'm immensely grateful for the precious gift my mother has given me. She is my hero today and every day. ↗

— Steven Cojocaru

#every #every day #gift #given #grateful

We cannot live, suffer or die for somebody else, for suffering is too precious to be shared. ↗

— Edward Dahlberg

#die #else #live #precious #shared