Love, Life, and the List

we can only control ourselves. No matter how much we wish we could twist and bend someone’s will to ours, they have to want it too

Nobody else’s opinion about my art would matter until mine did

We each get to love or hate something on our own terms

Sacrifice is the start of any great relationship

That we can only control ourselves. No matter how much we wish we could twist and bend someone’s will to ours, they have to want it too.”

My newer ones were good, maybe even great. I could see the growth clearly, and I could see there was room for more growth. But wouldn’t there always be room for more growth?

“Nobody else’s opinions about your art are going to matter to you until yours does.”

It was more than the stories themselves that impressed me. It was the confident way they told them. Like they didn’t care what anyone thought.

“It’s fine. Art is subjective, that’s what makes it great,” I said. “We each get to love or hate something on our own terms.”

She swiped up the heels she’d dropped at the foot of her bed. “Take these just in case you can’t find any. Sacrifice is the start of any great relationship.” She smiled. “Yes, you can put that on a T-shirt.”