phone notes

i keep notes on my phone whenever i hear something or read something or think of something that i want to remember. i have a list of baby names and things i've learned. i was going through them today, and thought to share.

//i do not have the emotions to explain how much i will love them
//Eleanor, Beckett, Theodore, Poesy, Scarlett, Nora
//i wonder how many people on the street i've fallen in love with because they look like you
//"women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves"
//"he was right in saying that the only certain happiness in life is to live for others" leo tolstoy
//here's to looking into the sun when you used to close your eyes
//you can never truly be beautiful to anyone else until you believe it yourself
//"wait for your husband- guard everything until then. because they will all leave you empty."
//"love, after all, always said more about those who felt it more than it did about the ones they loved"
//"remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends. heroes get remembered but legends never die. follow your heart kid and you'll never go wrong" the sandlot
//he told me if the world was perfect, he wanted my eyes because they are so blue, and they would go with his shirt.
//as a leader you come with questions
//"i am not a person to believe in 'soulmates' but these two souls are beautifully intertwined in a deep and sweet love."
//obedience is the basis of all obedience
//"give me my romeo, and when he shall die, take him and cut him out in a million little stars, and he will make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with the night"
//she never looked nice. she looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something
//buy a notebook. write down what you want. write down what hurts you. show it to someone you love. save it for your children. burn it in your backyard. either way, go to bed knowing that in some way, those things are out of you.
//write. a notebook or an iphone memo, any place, really, to store your dreams.
//you can have eternal life if we want it. only if there is nothing else we want more.
//fear is unworthy of a Child of God. acting in faith is not a matter of age or experience but a matter of the heart. there's no point in walking on your knees when you can walk on your feet.