Quotes from dog-eared pages.
"The question is always—what are we going to do with this obstacle? And, like all other traumas, if we can use it for learning, then we can turn pain into wisdom. But it means doing the homework—reaching, changing, and going to new ground without maps. Sometimes I wonder if this is why so many marriages fail. Where in life do we have any preparation to be shown our worst selves by someone who loves us and understands it as a gift to become better at being who we are?"
—John Calvi, 1997
"We have to forgive each other,
not for what we have done,
but for what we are.
For being so infinitely less
than we ought to be.
We have to learn to give
where we had hoped to get
and to understand where
we had hoped to be understood."
—Harold Loukes, 1958
"These six sayings are basically all the important messages that one person can give to another.
I love you.
Thank you.
I'm sorry.
I need help.
That's not good enough.
No."
—John Calvi, 1988
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