Wisdom Quote by Sarah Addison Allen — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“People always say life is too short for regrets. But the truth is, it's too long.”

“You'd be surprised how easy some things can be, things you never thought you'd do, when you take self-respect out of the equation.”

“Coffee, she'd discovered, was tied to all sorts of memories, different for each person. Sunday mornings, friendly get-togethers, a favorite grandfather long since gone, the AA meeting that saved their life. Coffee meant something to people. Most found their lives were miserable without it. Coffee was a lot like love that way. And because Rachel believed in love, she believed in coffee, too.”

“If a man has so much heat he burns your skin when he touches you, he's the devil. Run away”

“Whatever can be threatened, whatever can be shaken, whatever you fear cannot stand, is destined to crash. Do not go down with the ship. Let that which is destined to become the past slip away. Believe that the real you is that which beckons from the future. If it is a sadder you, it will be a wiser one. And dawn will follow the darkness sooner or later. Rebirth can never come without death.”

“When they say the sky's the limit to me that's really true”

“Wisdom comes through suffering.”

“Silence does not ask permission to rule; it simply occupies the throne that the word has left vacant out of fear of the truth.”

“Use time to create the nature of God in yourself”

“Are we being good ancestors?”