#ships

Honey, nobody ever knows someone completely. You have to just enjoy what you do know and have faith in the rest. ↗

— Erin McCarthy

#faith #relationships #faith

The goal of using our voice is not just to be noticed, but with humility to gracefully be fully present in relationships. Deferring to another person does not require that we be ignored; allowing that is cowardice. Hiding, a form of dishonesty, prevents true community. ↗

— Rosalie De Rosset

#faith #relationships #women #faith

Yet even in the loneliness of the canyon I knew there were others like me who had brothers they did not understand but wanted to help. We are probably those referred to as "our brother's keepers," possessed of one of the oldest and possible one of the most futile and certainly one of the most haunting instincts. It will not let us go. ↗

— Norman Maclean

#family #people #philosophy #relationships #family

Moments of quiet friendship are what make life-everyone's life-grand ↗

— Luis Carlos Montalván

#friendship

Guilt is a feeble emotion. It surrenders too easily ↗

— Deborah McKinlay

#relationships #women-s-literary #family

The foundation of adult trust is not "You will never hurt me." It is "I trust myself with whatever you do. ↗

— David Richo

#david-richo #friendship #love #nonfiction #relationships

Friends are how God apologizes for your family."---Mike ↗

— Tom Leveen

#family

And you, Mom. I loved you. You've asked if i felt and understood that you loved me. of course I did. And you know this. I loved your love because it kept me safe and happy and wanted, and it existed beyond words and hugs and eyes. ↗

— Lisa Genova

#love #mother #family

Life was good. Everything was going right. It was almost scaring him because usually when things were going this well it was the calm before the storm hit. ↗

— Michelle Sutton

#marriage #family

...workplace dynamics are no less complicated or unexpectedly intense than family relations, with only the added difficulty that whereas families are at least well-recognised and sanctioned loci for hysteria reminiscent of scenes from Medea, office life typically proceeds behind a mask of shallow cheerfulness, leaving workers grievously unprepared to handle the fury and sadness continually aroused by their colleagues. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#emotions #families #relationships #work #workplace