We don't want you convicted for condiment theft. You go to that prison, you'll meet big-time operators. Maple syrup stealers.
Deb CalettiUnconditional love is like a contry of two with no laws and no government. Which is all fine if everyone is peaceful and law abiding. In the wrong hands, though, you got looting and crime sprees, and let me tell you, the people who demand unconditional love are usually the ones who will rob and pillage and then blame you because you left your door unlocked.
Deb CalettiTag: hurt demand unconditional-love damage
To an untrained eye, need and love were as easily mistaken for each other as the real master's painting and a forgery.
Deb CalettiTag: life love revelation fake forgery mistaken
The magic of purpose and of love in its purest form. Not televison love, with its glare and hollow and sequined glint; not sex and allure, all high shoes and high drama, everything both too small and in too much excess, but just love. Love like rain, like the smell of a tangerine, like a surprise found in your pocket.
Deb CalettiTag: life love purpose rain magic surprise
I was like a chocolate in a box, looking well behaved and perfect in place, all the while harboring a secret center.
Deb CalettiTag: secret chocolate surprise facade
It occurred to me then that a lot of life was either about wanting and not having, or having and not wanting.
Deb Calettisummer, after all, is a time when wonderful things can happen to quiet people. for those few months, you’re not required to be who everyone thinks you are, and that cut-grass smell in the air and the chance to dive into the deep end of a pool give you a courage you don’t have the rest of the year. you can be grateful and easy, with no eyes on you, and no past. summer just opens the door and lets you out.
Deb CalettiYour sibling, after all, is the only other person in the world who understands how fucked up your parents made you.
Deb CalettiOnce, I had to drive Oliver to soccer, was ten minutes late, and learned that there had apparently been a misprint in the Bible on the Ten Commandments thing: Thou shalt not murder, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not be late to soccer. My father was so pissed, I practically had to get the lightning bolt surgically removed from my back.
Deb CalettiThat's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.
Deb CalettiTag: life friends love family people lovable hugs
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