Lisa Kleypas Quotes

Marriage should, I think, always be a little bit hard and new and strange. It should be breaking your shell and going into another world, and a bigger one.

It's always necessary to know when a stage of one's life has ended. If you stubbornly cling to it after the need has passed, you lose the joy and meaning of the rest. And you risk being shaken to your senses by God.

I think the question is, how do we live with change? Change in our friends, change in our lovers? Change in me and change in my body, from the stroke. Things have changed this plane of consciousness. We've tried to keep things the same. It causes suffering. This suffering is another step in your spiritual life, in your spiritual journey.

While victims condemn change, leaders grow inspired by change.

Just as nature abhors a vacuum, humans resist change. Change will occur; vacuums will be filled.

Love lasts because it changes and not because it stays the same and never faces any challenges.

Accept what you can not change-change that which is unacceptable.

The snake that cannot shed its skin perishes.

Love is always changing and unless we stay aware and change with it, it eludes us.

My life has changed, and I'm changing with it.

Life's about changing. Nothing ever stays the same.

We're in a freefall into future. We don't know where we're going. Things are changing so fast, and always when you're going through a long tunnel, anxiety comes along. And all you have to do to transform your hell into a paradise is to turn your fall into a voluntary act. It's a very interesting shift of perspective and that's all it is... joyful participation in the sorrows and everything changes.

There is a curious thing that happens with the passage of time: a calcification of character... Change isn't always for the worst; the shell that forms around a piece of sand looks to some people like an irritation, and to others, like a pearl.

I'm lost in a transition. The old is dead, and I don't know what the new is. The only way to find the new is to start different things and see if there's something that can come out of experimentation. It's somewhat unsettling, but it's a hopeful thing in a way. I've been here before, lots of times.

Change is the nature of life but challenge is the future of life. So challenge the changes. Never change the challenges.

As scary as change can be and as much as I might resist it, there's always some unkown gift that comes out of it. I really never thought you could begin again. You can.

People only accept change when they are faced with necessity, and only recognize necessity when a crisis is upon them.

People don't like change. But make the change fast enough and you go from one type of normal to another.

Even when change is elective, it will disorient you. You may go through anxiety. You will miss aspects of your former life. It doesn't matter. The trick is to know in advance of making any big change that you're going to be thrown off your feet by it. So you prepare for this inevitable disorientation and steady yourself to get through it. Then you take the challenge, make the change, and achieve your dream.

In whatever way change comes, the important thing is to take responsibility for this moment. Then, life becomes cooperative.

Ecology, like genetics, is not about equilibrium states. It is about change, change and change. Nothing stays the same forever.

‎In every crisis there is a message. Crises are nature's way of forcing change - breaking down old structures, shaking loose negative habits so that something new and better can take their place.

The changes in your life aren't always what you hoped for. But they usually help you grow.

In our relationships, how much can we allow them to become new, and how much do we cling to what they used to be yesterday?

the times we worked harder to make the day stand out. our story demanded that we change and so we did.