The Witch of Portobello Quotes: 1
"What is a teacher? I'll
tell you: it isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the
student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.”
"If there is any possible
consolation in the tragedy of losing someone we love very much, it's the
necessary hope that perhaps it was for the best.”
"Love fills everything. It
cannot be desired because it is an end in itself. It cannot betray because it
has nothing to do with possession. It cannot be held prisoner because it is a
river and will overflow its banks. Anyone who tries to imprison love will cut
off the spring that feeds it, and the trapped water will grow stagnant.”
"No one places her dreams
in the hands of those who might destroy them.”
"Faith is not Desire.
Faith is Will. Desires are things that need to be satisfied, whereas Will is a
force. Will changes the space around us.”
"They say that extroverts
are unhappier than introverts and have to compensate for this by constantly
proving to themselves how happy and contented and at ease with life they are.”
"Reason lost the battle,
and all I could do was surrender and accept I was in love.”
"Everything, absolutely
everything on this earth makes sense, and even the smallest things are worthy
of our consideration.”
"Love is not a habit, a
commitment, or a debt. It isn’t what romantic songs tell us it is - love simply
is.”