Manuel Archives quote: “Don't love someone because of what they gives you, but the efforts they're making in your life”

“You don't love someone because they're perfect. You love them in spite of the fact that they're not.”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

Source: My Sister's Keeper (2004)

“… hear rumors and go digging for the painful truth beneath the lovely lies. You believe you have a right to these things, but you don't. When someone tells you a piece of their life, they're giving you a gift, not granting you your due.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's Fear

Source: The Wise Man's Fear

“If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.”

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer

“There are people who grew up in rough environments, and you just don't hear about it. And they make it in business. They're doctors. They're lawyers. But we're not talking about that. I don't think that makes me what I am. What makes me what I am is that you have success, but you keep your head on straight and you make the right decisions in life.”

Marshall Faulk (1973) All-American college football player, professional football player, running back, Pro Football Hall of Fame memb…

Sports Illustrated January 2002.

“We don't believe that because you pray with someone they're not supposed to go to the doctor.”

Marianne Williamson (1952) American writer

Quoted in Marianne Williamson ends presidential bid, says campaign tried her faith https://religionnews.com/2020/01/10/marianne-williamson-ends-presidential-bid-says-campaign-tried-her-faith/, Religion News Service, (10 January 2020)

“Don't make love to your problems-- they'll never give you back the satisfaction you give them.”

Robyn Carr American writer

Source: Forbidden Falls

“Trouble is a part of your life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.”

Dinah Shore (1916–1994) American singer and actress

Quoted in Sy Safransky: Sunbeams: a book of quotations, (1990), Page 124 http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=A5NiEt9h2AIC&pg=PA124&dq=%22Trouble+is+a+part+of+your+life,+and+if+you+don%27t+share+it,%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4IUxT6rKFMzfsgbC6tyVBA&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Trouble%20is%20a%20part%20of%20your%20life%2C%20and%20if%20you%20don%27t%20share%20it%2C%22&f=false

“I hog the covers, and my second toe is longer than my big one. My hair has its own zip code… You don't love someone because they're perfect… You love them in spite of the fact that they're not.”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

Source: My Sister's Keeper

“I told you. You don't love someone because of their looks or their clothes or their car. You love them because they sing a song only your heart can understand.”

L.J. Smith (1965) American author

“When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you'll never get back. Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time”

Rick Warren (1954) Christian religious leader

Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“Don't love someone because of what they gives you, but the efforts they're making in your life”

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