“But strength without flexibility makes one hard. Come September, when those fierce winds blow in from the sea, those hardwoods crack, splinter and fall. But the pliant palms are resilient and they bend with the wind. This is the secret… — Mary Alice Monroe Copy Share Image
“worry about you, Caretta. You are a strong woman, true enough. But strength without flexibility makes one hard. Come September, when those fierce winds blow in from the sea, those hardwoods crack, splinter and fall. But the pliant palms are… — Mary Alice Monroe Copy Share Image
“Oh, if only I were young again, I would travel! There's so much of the world I would like to have seen. But I'm… — Mary Alice Monroe Copy Share Image
“All stories come to an end. That moment when we sigh and close the book, perhaps sit back in our chair and rest our… — Mary Alice Monroe Copy Share Image
“A woman’s life has so many demands because she is the axis around which so many little planets spin.” — Mary Alice Monroe Copy Share Image
“Dawn tore at the seam of night, pulling the blackness back a little farther with each passing minute.” — Mary Alice Monroe Copy Share Image
“Rather than feel small, however, in this arena she felt part of something much bigger than herself. This gave her both a sense of… — Mary Alice Monroe Copy Share Image
“Age is real life is short. It's foolhardy to deny it. We grow up, our bodies grow frail, death is coming. There's so much… — Mary Alice Monroe Copy Share Image
“Luz felt as though all the millions of butterflies that were flying on this same journey south were fluttering in her stomach.” — Mary Alice Monroe Copy Share Image
“not so heartbreaking. So it was with me after Tom’s death. In retrospect, I look at myself and my friends and I think that… — Mary Alice Monroe Copy Share Image
To me, the glass is half-empty some days and half-full on others. Sometimes it's bone-dry. Or overflowing. — Mary Alice Monroe Copy Share Image
Privacy is something that we maintain for the good of ourselves and others. Secrecy we keep to separate ourselves from others, even those we… — Mary Alice Monroe Copy Share Image
“The secret to happiness is to embrace the humility to accept what comes and the courage to continue on your life's path with an… — Mary Alice Monroe Copy Share Image
“she’d neglected to make choices for her inner self as well. She’d given away too much.” — Mary Alice Monroe Copy Share Image
“See how people smile when they see a butterfly? They can't help themselves. Butterflies are joy with wings.” — Mary Alice Monroe Copy Share Image
