And if you could make a choice, then why not pick happiness? Deb Caletti More Quotes by Deb Caletti More Quotes From Deb Caletti Sometimes you're sure dogs have some secret, superior intelligence, and other times you know they're only their simple, goofy selves. Deb Caletti simple self dog I guess forgiveness, like happiness, isn’t a final destination. You don’t one day get there and get to stay. Deb Caletti finals destination one-day They say religion is about love, but you wonder how much of it really is about fear. Deb Caletti fear wonder She'd be one of those parents who left a kid behind at a rest stop, driving for miles before she noticed. We'd hear about her on the evening news. Deb Caletti news parent kids Sometimes love is a surprise, an instant of recognition, a sudden gift at a sudden moment that makes everything different from then on. Some people will say that's not love, that you can't really love someone you don't know. But, I'm not so sure. Love doesn't seem to follow a plan; it's not a series of steps. It can hit with the force of nature--an earthquake, a tidal wave, a storm of wild relentless energy that is beyond your simple attempts at control. Deb Caletti sure-love simple love-is It was one of those times you feel a sense of loss, even though you didn't have something in the first place. I guess that's what disappointment is- a sense of loss for something you never had. Deb Caletti sad disappointment loss When what you want is a relationship, and not a person, get a dog. Deb Caletti companionship dog want I shouldn't have to be a liar to make someone love me. I shouldn't be so afraid of losing someone that I'll do anything to make them stay. Deb Caletti losing-someone losing liars This is what happens when nice people are pushed too far. We give too many chances, and so when we've finally had enough, we are well and truly done. When a nice person shuts a door on you, it's shut for good. Deb Caletti nice doors people People are secretive when they have secrets. Deb Caletti secretive secret people It made me wonder how many times we forgive just because we don't want to lose someone, even if they don't deserve our forgiveness. Deb Caletti forgiveness forgiving want Cool superiority as a mask for overflowing insecurity. Deb Caletti superiority mask insecurity Fate is a shape-shifter. It is the kindest and most generous entity imaginable, laying out more goodness than a person deserves, and then it shrinks and curls and forms into something grotesque. You think something is one thing, but then it´s another. Deb Caletti curls fate thinking Sometimes I’ve even wished there was a human pause button, where you could choose some point in your life where you could stay always. Deb Caletti buttons humans sometimes A lot of life is just surviving what happens. Deb Caletti surviving life-is happens That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable. Deb Caletti friends family love We look down our noses at people who've made mistakes in relationships. She's so stupid! How could she do that! Our superiority makes us feel better. But I’d bet everything I have on the fact that people to claim to have a perfect record in love are either lying or have very limited dating experience. People who say, I’d never do that! Someday, unless you are very, very lucky, you’ll have a story to tell. Or not to tell. Deb Caletti stupid mistake lying A person shows signs of clutching on too fast, of being needy, of not hearing the word "no," of jealousy, of guarding you and your freedom. But the signs can be so small they skitter right past you. Sometimes they dance past, looking satiny, something you should applaud. Someone's jealousy can make you feel good. Special. But it's not even about you. It's about a hand that is already gripping. It's about their need, circling around your throat Deb Caletti feel-good hands past If you look up "charming" in the dictionary, you'll see that it not only has references to strong attraction, but to spells and magic. Then again, what are liars if not great magicians? Deb Caletti magic strong liars I've heard that people stand in bad situations because a relationship like that gets turned up by degrees. It is said that a frog will jump out of a pot of boiling water. Place him in a pot and turn it up a little at a time, and he will stay until he is boiled to death. Us frogs understand this. Deb Caletti abuse water people
