Quotes to Ponder

Small ideas often make stories more memorable and often give us pause:

If I cannot accept the real as real, how can I accept a dream as a dream?
Night Gardening by E.L. Swann
comment attributed to the 12th century priest/monk Saigyo

The grooves of his life were deep and rigid.
Remember Me Like This by Bret Anthony Johnston

It turns out impatience is the thief of serenity.
Chicken Chronicles by Alice Walker

(talking about life events) … the kind that looks like nothing except through time’s rear view mirror.
The Walk by Richard Paul Evans

…felt like she did, like a triangle with one side missing.
Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Picard

...her toe shoes were hung up on a hook of unfulfilled dreams.
Seven Letters from Paris by Samantha Verant

She changed the gravity in the room.
Paris Wife by Paula McLain

Which quote jumped out at you as memorable?