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“A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without adversity.” – Donina Va’a Renata” (The Color of Heaven Quotes)
Julianne MacLean
The Color of Heaven
“And you panic just a little, wishing for one more chance at all the beautiful moments you didn’t appreciate, or for one more day with the person you didn’t love quite enough.”
Julianne MacLean
The Color of Heaven
“But that’s life, isn’t it? For all we know, each day could be our last. What matters most is the appreciation and gratefullness we should feel for each precious day we have with one another.”
Julianne MacLean
The Color of Heaven
“Everything seems perfect on the surface,” I told him, “but sometimes I feel like I don’t know what I’m doing, or where I really want to be, and I’ve always had this strange unexplainable urge to escape from wherever I am, because nothing seems quite enough, and I feel incredibly frustrated sometimes, like there’s more to life out there somewhere, but I don’t know what it is, or where it is. Do you ever feel that way?”
Julianne MacLean
The Color of Heaven
“Here’s the thing about motherhood. It exhausts you and thrills you. It kicks you in the butt, and the very next second makes you feel like a superstar. Most of all, it teaches you to be selfless.”
Julianne MacLean
The Color of Heaven
“I became conscious of the fact that I would never experience that blissful optimism again. I would not be courageous enough to have another child. I wasn’t even sure I would ever be brave enough to love someone”
Julianne MacLean
The Color of Heaven
“I may not have known what my future held, or how in the world I was going to navigate through it, but I did know one thing: I needed to return to the place where I had once been happy, where I had been a hopeful, optimistic person before the ground gave way under my feet.”
Julianne MacLean
The Color of Heaven
“Life is hard. It’s cruel sometimes. It’s merciless and unfair, but we all go through difficult times, one way or another. You’ve had more than your share of knocks lately, I’ll give you that, but it doesn’t mean you get to quit. No one gets to quit. You keep fighting, every day, and sooner or later, the grief fades a little. You grow stronger, find joy again, and everything gets easier. You come out of it more equipped to handle the next wave, which will come eventually. There will always be waves.”
Julianne MacLean
The Color of Heaven
“Love is our greatest achievement. Don’t ever forget that. Don’t squander it. Seek it. Experience it. Savor it every day that you can, because you never know when a rogue wave might sweep you away.”
Julianne MacLean
The Color of Heaven
“No one gets to quit. You keep fighting, every day, and sooner or later, the grief fades a little. You grow stronger, find joy again, and everything gets easier. You come out of it more equipped to handle the next wave, which will come eventually. There will always be waves.”
Julianne MacLean
The Color of Heaven
“The death of my child was the death of my own heart.”
Julianne MacLean
The Color of Heaven
“You just need to recognize inspiration when it strikes. And be brave. Don’t lose faith in the good things, even when life is tough. The good things come in waves, along with the bad.”
Julianne MacLean
The Color of Heaven
