“I think there are certain people who change the way time moves.” — Marisa de los Santos People change Copy Share Image
“It's ok to feel happy, right? She hoped he'd know what she meant.” — Marisa de los Santos Happiness Copy Share Image
“I think love is an imperative. It obligates you.” — Marisa de los Santos Imperative Copy Share Image
“In my experience, people love what they love. They just do.” — Marisa de los Santos Love Copy Share Image
“Conversationally, we were Fred and Ginger -- spin, slide, shuffle, bend.” — Marisa De Los Santos Conversationally Fred Copy Share Image
“It's a well-known fact. All women are clinically insane, but especially ballet dancers. Psycho. extremely psycho. Trust me.” — Marisa de los Santos Ballet dance Copy Share Image
“But you're wrong. Happiness is EARNED, like everything else. It's achieved.” — Marisa de los Santos Earned Copy Share Image
“In my experience, people love what they love. They just do. Or fail to love what they fail to love.” — Marisa de los Santos Love Copy Share Image
“That no matter what happens, loving someone to the best of your ability is the right thing to do. It's the only… — Marisa de los Santos Love Copy Share Image
“Maybe she would remember who he was, and maybe she would come back.” — Marisa de los Santos Maybe Copy Share Image
“I know how syrupy this sounds, how dull, provincial, and possibly whitewashed, but what can I do? Happy childhoods happen” — Marisa de los Santos Childhood Copy Share Image
“Not tailgating acknowledges the mystery and humanity of strangers. It's one of those small habits that speaks volumes.” — Marisa de los Santos Habits Copy Share Image
“Happiness isn't what happens when you whistle along, pretending bad things don't exist. . . Happiness is earned, like everything else. It's achieved. ” — Marisa de los Santos Bad thing Copy Share Image
“But every time, what brought me to my senses was my conviction that before a person dropped a new life into this… — Marisa de los Santos Faith Copy Share Image
“I've always found allegories kind of comforting. When you encounter people named Liar and Abstinence, you might not be crazy about them,… — Marisa de los Santos Comforting Copy Share Image
“When it comes to Clare, sometimes, the past isn't past. The past can get as present as any present ever was, so… — Marisa de los Santos Past present Copy Share Image
“Even if someone wasn't perfect or even especially good, you couldn't dismiss the love they felt. Love was always love; it had… — Marisa de los Santos Love Copy Share Image
“You know what I mean. That moment in a relationship in which, at the same time you discover you've been floating in… — Marisa de los Santos Dropped Copy Share Image
“Whatever word you use to describe diving into the deepest part of a human. Take your pick; they're all woefully inadequate, but… — Marisa de los Santos Deepest Copy Share Image
“When he looked up, he said, "Clare told me about Christmas." And I swear the boy's face began to shine. I recognized… — Marisa de los Santos Name Copy Share Image
“He wasn’t looking at her, was at such an oblique angle to her that his face was little more than a sliver,… — Marisa de los Santos Language Copy Share Image
“Instead, she sat there, smiling that small, small inscrutable smile, like Mona Lisa herself, although I must say that until that moment,… — Marisa de los Santos Mona lisa Copy Share Image
“As Will stood watching Pen, just before he turned away, his initial astonishment shifted into something quieter. Soon, she will see me;… — Marisa de los Santos Thought Felt Copy Share Image
“Chicken Soup for the Soul". You've heard of these books, am I right? We've all heard of them. But I wonder if… — Marisa de los Santos Books Copy Share Image
“No one is ever quite ready; everyone is always caught off guard. Parenthood chooses you. And you open your eyes, look at… — Marisa de los Santos Choice Copy Share Image
“Pen realized it: Sometimes there is nothing to do but surrender yourself to wonder... You must stop measuring - over and over… — Marisa de los Santos Art deco Copy Share Image
“I can't stand lies. Probably no one can. Probably everyone is, to varying degrees, allergic to them, both spiritually and physically. Lies… — Marisa de los Santos Lies Copy Share Image
“Yes, it’s true, what I said earlier: A real life doesn’t mean geting what you want; the achievement, the privilege, too, is… — Marisa de los Santos Getting love Copy Share Image
“I was there to get a Ph.D. in English literature. That's not true. I was there to read a lot of books… — Marisa de los Santos Ahead of time Copy Share Image
“When you say those wedding vows at eighteen, you are committing yourselves—with all that you are and all that you have—to only… — Marisa de los Santos Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“It was the first time! Just because there weren’t fireworks the first time doesn’t mean there will never be fireworks. We’re human;… — Marisa de los Santos First time Copy Share Image
“But I've always been a sucker for externals alone: the shape, the shine, what the surface suggests to my palm. So mechanically… — Marisa de los Santos Grand canyon Copy Share Image
“Its hard to say what was happening inside her head. Her brain doesn't function quite like most people's to begin with and… — Marisa de los Santos Hope Copy Share Image
“It just seems like we --human beings -- know so much, but it's nothing compared to what we don't know.” — Marisa de los Santos Human beings Copy Share Image
“A real life doesn't mean getting what you want; the achievement, the privilege, too is knowing what you love.” — Marisa de los Santos Life Copy Share Image
“I stand here on this spring day in the center of my life. Chaos, din, and beauty. For a moment, I am… — Marisa de los Santos Beauty Copy Share Image
“Since you left there's been a you-shaped space beside me, all the time. It never goes away.” — Marisa de los Santos Left Copy Share Image
