I value humor, kindness, and the ability to tell a good story far more than money, status, or the kind of car someone drives. Rebecca Wells More Quotes by Rebecca Wells More Quotes From Rebecca Wells As a writer, I am not goddess of the universes I create. I am at most a stage manager of the plentiful gifts which tumble out of the horn of plenty, which is to say there is a source so sweet and forgiving and generous that I pray every day to let that source be my guide. Rebecca Wells forgiving praying sweet Sometimes you just have to reach out and grab what you want, even when they tell you not to. This is something that I've struggled with my whole life long. Rebecca Wells want sometimes long I have been missing the point. The point is not knowing another person, or learning to love another person. The point is simply this: how tender can we bear to be? What good manners can we show as we welcome ourselves and others into our hearts? Rebecca Wells knowing missing heart Sadness can find you anywhere, anytime, so you better have fun when you can. Rebecca Wells having-fun sadness fun When I'm reading, wherever I am, I'm always somewhere else. Rebecca Wells reading somewhere-else book There is the truth of history, and there is the truth of what a person remembers. Rebecca Wells persons remember A scent that disturbs me and delights me. It smells like ripe pears, vetiver, a bit of violet and something else- something spicy almost biting and exotic. Rebecca Wells exotic delight smell At the beauty of what she had stumbled onto, at the fear that something terrible would happen because she was not vigilant enough. She cried at the fear of something so good that she would not be brave enough to bear it. Rebecca Wells brave bears fear I believe that illness has led me to a life of gratitude, so I consider Lyme disease at this point in my life to be a blessing in disguise. Rebecca Wells gratitude blessing believe But who has time to write memoirs? I’m still living my memoirs. Rebecca Wells memoir stills writing I now know that things I always thought I could depend on can crash in an instant. Because of the love that I have been shown, I now know what it means to be 'beloved.' I now know that no breath is to be taken for granted. Rebecca Wells beloved taken mean Can you reclaim that free-girl smile, or is it like virginity- once you loose it, that's it? Rebecca Wells virginity girl depression I swear I could write a book about all the things no one has ever thanked me for. Rebecca Wells gratitude writing book we have to suffer mosquitoes the size of blackbirds. Rebecca Wells mosquitoes size suffering Forget love. Try good manners. Rebecca Wells good-man forget trying
