By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept Quotes-1
"But love is always new.
Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life, we
always face a brand-new situation. Love can consign us to hell or to paradise,
but it always takes us somewhere. We simply have to accept it, because it is
what nourishes our existence. If we reject it, we die of hunger, because we
lack the courage to stretch out a hand and pluck the fruit from the branches of
the tree of life. We have to take love where we find it, even if that means
hours, days, weeks of disappointment and sadness.
The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us.”
"God always offers us a
second chance in life.”
"Love like rain, can
nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy. But sometimes under
the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface and must nourish from below,
tending to its roots keeping itself alive.”
"I've been in love before,
it's like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrender.
The next day you want more. You're not addicted yet, but you like the
sensation, and you think you can still control things.You think about the
person you love for two minutes then forget them for three hours. But then you
get used to that person, and you begin to be completely dependent on them. Now
you think about him for three hours and forget him for two minutes. If he's not
there, you feel like an addict who can't get a fix. And just as addicts steal
and humiliate themselves to get what they need, you're willing to do anything
for love."
"If I must fall, may it be
from a high place.”
"To love is to lose
control.”
"Happiness is something
that multiplies when it is divided.”
"In fairy tales, the
princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the
pricesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.”
"And I began to feel sorry
for myself; for so many years, my drawer full of memories had held the same old
stories.”
"The moment we begin to
seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us.”
"Go and get your things,'
he said. 'Dreams mean work.”
"But love is always new.
Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life, we
always face a brand-new situation.”