second chance

"this isn't a disaster, it's a chance. a chance to start again. a chance to think about what we want..and go for it...we can do anything we like. go anywhere we want...you know, in a strange way, i'm quite excited. how many people get the opportunity to change their lives completely? how many people are given a second chance?" -sleeping arrangements

saying goodbye

"how lucky i am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." -annie

people you need

"life doesn't give you the people you want, it gives you the people you need. to help you. to hurt you. to love you. to leave you. to make you into the person you were meant to be." -unknown

grain of sand

"it isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out, it's the grain of sand in your shoe." -robert service

eyes of a child

"in the eyes of a child you will see...the world as it should be." -unknown

settling

"some people are settling, some people are settling down, and some people refuse to settle for anything less than butterflies." -sex and the city

the best we can

"how many of us turn out the way we wanted to be, really? how many of us turn out to be astronauts or prima ballerinas? we all just turn out the best we can." -the kid

real life

"real life is hard, real stuff takes work, real life is sometimes thoughtless and mean..but that doesn't cancel out the love." -private practice

epic

"i thought our story was epic, you know? you and me..spanning years and continents..lives ruined and bloodshed..epic." "come on. ruined lives? bloodshed? you really think a relationship should be that hard?" "no one writes songs about the ones that come easy." - veronica mars

expectations

"why should i live up to other people's expectations rather than my own?" -10 things i hate about you

self-love

"self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self..it's about accepting all of yourself. you've got to learn to accept the fool in you as well as the part that's got it goin on." -tyra banks

more cynical

"have you ever had that feeling that something's too good to be true? actually i don't think that you have, you expect good things and they come to you..i'm more cynical..maybe it's genetic, a trait passed down from my dad, or maybe it's watching a lot of happily ever afters that weren't..but you came and you loved me and..i want to believe that this could last forever..i just want to be like you and trust but what if i'm wrong? what if one day i look back and i see what i can't see now? that some moment, even this moment, was the beginning to the end.." -general hospital

fairy tales

"at the end of the day, faith is a funny thing. it turns up when you don’t really expect it. it’s like one day you realize that the fairy tale is slightly different than your dream. the castle, well it may not be a castle. and it’s not so important that it’s happily ever after, just that it’s happy right now. see, once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you. and once in awhile, people may even take your breath away." -grey's anatomy

human nature

"it's not a piece of paper or vows that make a difference..it's just human nature that messes things up..you know, we have unrealistic expectations..we think that if a person truly loves us they should act the way we want them to, say the right thing, buy the right gift or whatever..and we assume that we know each other so well and we should be able to read each others' minds..and all of those assumptions, over time, just lead to a lot of disappointments..but look, if a guy ever tells you that you complete him..run..just run for the hills..because we're no good to anyone if we're not a whole person ourselves. -general hospital

every step

"every step i've taken has led me here to where you are." -daughtry

society

"if your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed." -madonna

my heart

"you own my heart. whatever else you do or don't have, you'll always own my heart." -lipstick jungle

applebee's alone

"you think that you're going to find somebody that just caters to you no matter what, that you're not going to have to work at it, that's going to be, like, psyched to go to applebee's with you every friday night and hear the same football stories about how you rocked in high school? but whoever that person is, you have to listen to their stories too or they're not going to go to applebee's with you. you're not going to have someone to go to applebee's with. you'll be sitting by yourself, eventually, at applebee's all alone. and who wants to go to applebee's by themselves?" -couples retreat

fork in the road

"alice came to a fork in the road. 'which road do i take?' she asked. 'where do you want to go?' responded the cheshire cat. 'i don't know,' alice answered. 'then,' said the cat, 'it doesn't matter.'" -alice in wonderland

anyway friend

"because you are my anyway friend..an anyway friend is the one person in your life who no matter what they say or do, no matter what they've been through with you, they love you anyway." ~private practice