Jeffrey Brown Quotes

Love in the real world means saying you're sorry 10 times a day.

I've undoubtedly offended people, but in the end, I've learned the people that will understand are the people I want to connect to, anyway.

Central to living a life that is good is a life that's forgiving. We're creatures of contact, regardless of whether we kiss or we wound.

Any time there is 'un-forgiveness' between people who love each other, there is suffering. Any time people face challenges that they really don't understand... there is suffering.

I wish I had been a better mother and a more compassionate and understanding wife in both of my marriages.

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

I say sorry to my wife about five times a day for various reasons.

It's hard to talk about love because most of the time, we have no idea what we're talking about.

Love is saying you're sorry. It's the opposite of those cherub posters that say, 'Love is never having to say you're sorry.' Wrong! Love is three sorrys a day. If you haven't met that quota, something's wrong.

There's only so many variations on the basics of human relationships. To me, it's all about the detail and how you tell the story. How you say, 'I love you.'

We only learn at the speed of pain, and we don't have others in our lives without forgiveness.

Writing on 'Love' is so steeped in self-analysis. The writer's room can feel like therapy.

Life is about relationships, not transactions.

Upsi is definitely the more romantic of the two. I am more laid back. We do have our differences of opinion sometimes. Upsi is always the first one to break the ice after an argument or a difference of opinion. That's what I love most about her.

About love, don't be a silent partner. And be gentle with your anger.

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

I am sorry " I murmured. "I know. I ought not to have threatened to beat you " he returned. He pressed a kiss to my hair. "I just cannot bear to be kept out of your life " I said into the dark. He gave a sigh. "Julia you daft woman. When you will you understand You are my life.

One of the greatest lessons of my own life was learning to turn the inner rampage of hatred and anger toward my own father for his reprehensible behavior and abandonment of his family into an inner reaction more closely aligned with God and God-realized love.

I think compassion is important but love fizzles out eventually. But if there is compassion in a relationship, things can always be worked out.

The one thing I think you must do is, as painful as it is as a parent, is listen.

After about 20 years of marriage, I'm finally starting to scratch the surface of what women want. And I think the answer lies somewhere between conversation and chocolate.

Even as I stand here and admit that we have made mistakes I still believe that as the people of America sit in judgment on each party, they will recognize that our mistakes were mistakes of the heart. They'll recognize that.

In marriage, compromise nurtures the relationship.

I think the things about being with someone and knowing someone so well is that the things you love about them, you always will. The things that drive you crazy will always drive you crazy about them.