Geraldine McCaughrean Quotes

What's life without love? You can accomplish everything you want in life, but without anyone to share it with, what's it really worth?

I get little moments all the time, all I want to do is call my mom.

I can't even think of the right word, but it's not "help." It's more like a prerequisite. I think connection is why we're here, it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and belonging is in our DNA. And so "tribe" and "belonging" are irreducible needs, like love.

Love is the reason you were born.

I feel connected to that idea of wanting to belong to something, to have a sense of purpose as a man on the planet.

To have family behind you who love you more than words can say gives you so much confidence, because it allows you to go off and be who you want to be.

Things in themselves have no life in them. A car can't comfort or encourage you. A house means nothing if there's no life and love inside.

I think about love being so important because, to me, that's the reason we were put on Earth. Love, in a sense, is God to me.

Love is the reason to live.

Every man wants to connect his life with something he thinks eternal.

Blessed are those who know what on earth they are here on earth to do and set themselves about the business of doing it.

Love appears and says: "You think you're heading towards a specific point, but the whole justification for the goal's existence lies in your love for it. Rest a little,but as soon as you can, get up and carry on. Because ever since your goal found out that you were traveling toward it, it has been running to meet you.

Nothing matters except life and the love you make.

It is at moments like these that I know my what my purpose is in life. I am here to love you, to hold you in my arms, to protect you. I am here to learn from you and to receive your love in return.I am here because there is no other place to be.

Spirituality is recognizing and celebrating that we are all inextricably connected to each other by a power greater than all of us, and that our connection to that power and to one another is grounded in love and compassion. Practicing spirituality brings a sense of perspective, meaning and purpose to our lives.

Everybody needs four things in life: Something to do, someone to love, someone to believe in and something to hope for.

Anna, falling in love with you was like coming home to a place I didn't realize I'd been missing all my life. You're the only person I've ever known who accepts me for who I am, right in this moment, faults and all, and isn't waiting for me to become someone else.

I think that's what centers me the most - all my people, all my animals.

I feel more beautiful than I've ever felt because I've given birth. I have never felt so connected, never felt like I had such a purpose on this earth. The best thing about having a daughter is having a true legacy. The word love means something completely different now.

A lucky person gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they're about to do and thinks it still matters.

Dear John, There's so much I want to say to you, but I'm not sure where I should begin. Should I start by telling you that I love you? Or that the days I've spent with you have been the happiest in my life? Or that in the short time I've known you, I've come to believe that we were meant to be together? I could say all those things and all would be true, but as I reread them, all I can think is that I wish I were with you now, holding your hand and watching your elusive smile.

I am here because of love.

To be loved, I think, is the thing that gets you up in the morning.

The day that a woman who is passing before you sheds a light upon you as she goes, you are lost, you love. You have then but one thing to do: to think of her so earnestly that she will be compelled to think of you.

Don't miss out on the love of a good women,son. No matter what that old man of yours tells you,love is real.I'd have never had the success in my life without the women right there.She's been my backbone.She's been my reason for everything I've ever done.One day your drive to make a name for yourself will begin to drift away. It won't be that important anymore.But when you're doing it for someone else, someone you would move heaven and earth for then you never lose the desire to succeed.I can't imagine this world without her in it.I don't ever want to.