“Love is a wordless secret; it’s an inside joke. Only the two of you have to understand it.” — Renee Carlino Love Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it takes the love of others to show us who we really are.” — Renee Carlino Love Copy Share Image
“Look at you; you’re like a salty sea captain, with your dog and shit.” — Renee Carlino Copy Share Image
“The pain of losing someone is always worse when you know you could have prevented it.” — Renee Carlino Pain Copy Share Image
“Gratitude is the quality of being thankful and the readiness to show appreciation in return.” — Renée Carlino Appreciation Copy Share Image
“Wine is like poetry. If it's good wine. If it's not, then it's a tragedy.” — Renée Carlino Copy Share Image
“Whatever you need me to be, I’ll be! Friends? Fine! Best friends? Great! I’ll do it, because I want you in my… — Renee Carlino Best friend Copy Share Image
“He paused then whispered, “You’re beautiful.” “I have a boyfriend.” I whispered back. “You mentioned that.” — Renee Carlino Copy Share Image
“I cried because I knew that if I gave myself to Will, I would be left in pieces… left behind. The only… — Renee Carlino Copy Share Image
“If you told me I could have another life, a longer life, but that I couldn’t have you, I’d say no thanks.… — Renee Carlino Another life Copy Share Image
“He taught me that one way to give your life meaning is to teach another person how to look within and love.” — Renee Carlino Life Copy Share Image
“Just being your friend is going to be hard, but I’ll try. It’s just that . . . I like you. You’re witty and sweet,… — Renée Carlino Beautiful woman Copy Share Image
“We’re not even thirty yet, Chuck.” “I know, but I’m getting there, you know, to that point of no return where no… — Renee Carlino Copy Share Image
“Will could dance and if I remember correctly, someone told me once to stay away from a man who could dance.” — Renee Carlino Copy Share Image
“Maybe it was fate that I sat next to her that day, or serendipity, divine intervention, who knows? However you look at,… — Renee Carlino Divine intervention Copy Share Image
“Yes, committing yourself to someone requires a leap of faith—that’s why it’s so hard for some. There is no crystal ball, but… — Renée Carlino Copy Share Image
“Well, Mia, the guy told you he wanted you to be his wife and the mother of his children and you basically… — Renee Carlino Children Copy Share Image
“the public sense, that will be his legacy, but for me, his legacy is that he taught me something very important. He… — Renee Carlino Legacy Copy Share Image
“Love is a thing that you can’t take out of you. Once it’s there, it doesn’t go away, no matter what. Love… — Renée Carlino Bad feelings Copy Share Image
“It seemed like everything I knew at twenty-five morphed into everything I didn't know by twenty-six, when I was suddenly hit with… — Renée Carlino Realization Copy Share Image
“Have I asked you to marry me?” he said sleepily. We were back on. “Every day,” I replied. “Well . . .”… — Renee Carlino Copy Share Image
“I am a man. I've dated, but I'm not interested in sleeping around. I want to be with someone who intrigues me,… — Renée Carlino Copy Share Image
“Love equals a morbid and relentless fear of losing the other person. It’s a freak-accident fear, a piece of space junk falling… — Renée Carlino Fear Copy Share Image
“With my eyes wide open I see the secrets in the rain I see the loss, see the pain I see you’ve… — Renee Carlino Dreams Copy Share Image
“We greeted the guests and mingled with everyone until dinner was served. Mia stood up and addressed the crowd, something extremely out… — Renee Carlino Copy Share Image
“Me: Staying here tonight. Helen: You okay? Code word? Helen and I had code words for everything. It was usually an old… — Renee Carlino Dog Copy Share Image
“Been looking for a way to get home, it seems there’s no directions left for me. I’ll follow the trail on my… — Renee Carlino Darkness Copy Share Image
“The next message was from my mom. “What in the hell do I have to do to get my children to call… — Renee Carlino Children Copy Share Image
“Leave your life. Leave everyone you love, every care, every stress, every commitment. Live alone. Understand what it feels like to know… — Renée Carlino Cardiac arrest Copy Share Image
“I just realized I know nothing about you. Do you have a family? Where are you from?” The idea that I just… — Renee Carlino Brother Copy Share Image
“I wanted to wrap him up in a blanket and put him in my pocket for safekeeping.” — Renee Carlino Copy Share Image
“I was learning the hard way what happens when you take the people who love you for granted.” — Renee Carlino Copy Share Image
“sometimes we figure things out, and then life changes and we have to figure it all out again.” — Renée Carlino Copy Share Image