429 Quotes by Deb Caletti

We don't want you convicted for condiment theft. You go to that prison, you'll meet big-time operators. Maple syrup stealers.

I thought I might cry, the way you do when someone gives you some kindness when you most need it but when it seems the most surprising thing.

Being needed was a handy trick. It could fill you up so full you never even noticed all the places that were empty.

Love is ease, love is comfort, love is support and respect. Love is not punishing or controlling. Love lets you grow and breathe. Love's passion is only good passion -- swirling-leaves-on-a-fall-day passion, a-sky-full-of-magnificent-stars passion -- not angst and anxiety. Love is not hurt and harm. Love is never unsafe. Love is sleeping like puzzle pieces. It's your own garden you protect; it's a field of wildflowers you move about in both freely and together.

I'd always thought telling the truth to other people was hard, but maybe that was a snap compared to telling the truth to yourself. Sometimes we just refused to know what we knew.

It's hard to see clearly when your eyes are squinched tight out of fear.

she wonders if we feel more regret for the things we do or for the things we didn't do

When you raise an animal, you live it like your own child.

If you don't participate, you're just taking up oxygen. (Bunny) Life is a banquet. Approach it with hunger. (Chuck)