“I need to tell you How you light up every second of the day But in the moonlight You just shine like a beacon on the bay”— John Coltrane, open.spotify.com
“You are too beautiful for one man alone For one lucky fool to be with When there are other men With eyes of their own to see with”— John Coltrane, open.spotify.com
“When the dog bites When the bee stings When I'm feeling sad I simply remember My favorite things And then I don't feel so bad”— John Coltrane, open.spotify.com
“Beautiful colors exist, though we do not realize it, and are glimpsed behind the veil that modesty has drawn over them.”— Paul Gaugin, amazon.com
“There is nothing sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name.”— Kate DiCamillo, amazon.com
“You inspired me. For that, you are worth every inch of love I had to give.”— Bianca Sparacino, amazon.com
“Come with all your shame, come with your swollen heart, I’ve never seen anything more beautiful than you.”— Warsan Shire, wordsfortheyear.com
“A little while ago I took a nap under an olive tree, and the color harmonies I saw were so touching. It's like a paradise you have no right to analyze, but you are a painter, for God's sake! Nice is so beautiful! Alight so soft and tender, despite its brilliance.”— Henri Matisse, en.wikiquote.org
“She’s taken such good care of me since I got bad; I owe her everything and I love her and I tell her these days, although every time I say it, it gets a little diluted. I think you run out of I love yous.”— Ned Vizzini, amazon.com
“The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.”— Jacques Cousteau, goodreads.com
“I wonder if, as you get older, you stop missing people so fiercely. Maybe growing up is just focusing on what you’ve got, instead of what you don’t.”— Jodi Picoult, amazon.com
“Everyone has something of beauty about them. But loving let’s you look, and look, and look again. You notice the back of a hand, the turn of a head, the way of a walk. When you first love, you look blind and you see it all as the glorious, beloved whole, or a beautiful sum of beautiful parts. But wh…”— Ally Condie, amazon.com
“If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment.”— Georgia O’Keeffe, goodreads.com
“Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.”— Georgia O’Keeffe, amazon.com
“He knew why he wanted to kiss her. Because she was beautiful. And before that, because she was kind. And before that, because she was smart and funny. Because she was exactly the right kind of smart and funny. Because he could imagine taking a long trip with her without ever getting bored. Because w…”— Rainbow Rowell, amazon.com
“It takes a special someone to see darkness inside of someone and not condemn them.”— Shannon Messenger, amazon.com
“You love people. They disappoint you. But sometimes, they don’t. They just keep loving you, right through it all, waiting for you to wake up and appreciate them. To say, ‘I love you. I’ve always loved you back.”— Courtney Maum, amazon.com
“If you love a flower, don’t pick it up. Because if you pick it up, it dies and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.”— Osho, oshonews.com