When what you want is a relationship, and not a person, get a dog.
DEB CALETTI You can want one thing and have a secret wish for its opposite.
DEB CALETTI It's good to let God pick a man for you. We don't do so well when we pick them ourselves. They end u...
DEB CALETTI It was one of those times you feel a sense of loss, even though you didn't have something in the fir...
DEB CALETTI That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so l...
DEB CALETTI The most basic and somehow forgettable thing is this: Love is not pain. Love is goodness. And real l...
DEB CALETTI And pity--people who inspire it in you are actually very powerful people. To get someone else to tak...
DEB CALETTI Those questions you have? Whether he's the one, whether you feel about him the way you should, or wh...
DEB CALETTI Rejection, though--it could make the loss of someone you weren't even that crazy about feel gut wren...
DEB CALETTI The loneliness you feel with another person, the wrong person, is the loneliest of all.
DEB CALETTI If you look up "charming" in the dictionary, you'll see that it not only has references to strong at...
DEB CALETTI Writers are troubled about finding time to write and writer's block and publicizing books that a...
DEB CALETTI In a lifetime, the recipe always needs amending - more of this, a little less of that, what to do no...
DEB CALETTI Bliss is the ocean, a towel on the sand, the sun out, the chance to swim in waves or walk dragging a...
DEB CALETTI Cool superiority as a mask for overflowing insecurity.
DEB CALETTI To an untrained eye, need and love were as easily mistaken for each other as the real master's paint...
DEB CALETTI summer, after all, is a time when wonderful things can happen to quiet people. for those few months,...
DEB CALETTI Family was even a bigger word than I imagined, wide and without limitations, if you allowed it, defy...
DEB CALETTI Unconditional love is like a contry of two with no laws and no government. Which is all fine if ever...
DEB CALETTI Marriage is like a well-built porch. If one of the two posts leans too much, the porch collapses. So...
DEB CALETTI I would eat fruitcake if there'd been a nuclear war and I'd run out of canned goods.
DEB CALETTI Sometimes you think you've found love, when it's really just one of those objects that are shiny in ...
DEB CALETTI It starts so young, and I'm angry about that. The garbage we're taught. About love, about what's "ro...
DEB CALETTI I know parental embarrassment usually stops somewhere at fifteen, but he just kept on giving me good...
DEB CALETTI I was like a chocolate in a box, looking well behaved and perfect in place, all the while harboring ...
DEB CALETTI I used to think that finding the right one was about the man having a list of certain qualities. If ...
DEB CALETTI I understood right from the start that every set of library doors were the sort of magic portals tha...
DEB CALETTI It was practically un-American to not set goals and then do everything you could, everything, to rea...
DEB CALETTI This is what I know. Don't settle for 40, 50, or even 80 percent. A relationship-it shouldn't be too...
DEB CALETTI If letting go, if letting people and things work themselves out in the way that they needed to witho...
DEB CALETTI Too often in my life, love has been defined as "humiliation with occasional roses".
DEB CALETTI So I put up with bad behavior in the name of loving the way I thought you were supposed to love.
DEB CALETTI But what I wanted back had never really been there. He was a temporary illusion, a mirage of water a...
DEB CALETTI Love is ease, love is comfort, love is support and respect. Love is not punishing or controlling. Lo...
DEB CALETTI Sometimes you've got to make a mess before you clean it up.
DEB CALETTI At the root of every large struggle in life is the need to be honest about something that we do not ...
DEB CALETTI It's shocking the things we call love.
DEB CALETTI I finally learned that it was all right to say something wasn’t working for me when it wasn’t wo...
DEB CALETTI Maybe I was being too picky. Maybe I didn't want to be close to anyone. Maybe I'd just be the type w...
DEB CALETTI Sometimes good choices are really bad ones, wrapped up in so much fear you can't even see straight.
DEB CALETTI I had always had a little problem looking out for myself in love. I was afraid people would leave me...
DEB CALETTI It took me years to figure out that upset was upset, and tumultuousness was not the same thing as pa...
DEB CALETTI Let me tell you, you either have chemistry or you don't, and you better have it, or it's like kissin...
DEB CALETTI Maybe a person's world can grow bigger in all the right ways, not too wide that it becomes shallow, ...
DEB CALETTI A dog — a dog teaches us so much about love. Wordless, imperfect love; love that is constant, love...
DEB CALETTI All of us create our own versions of an event, of our lives, even, not because we're liars, nece...
DEB CALETTI You've got to have someone who loves your body. Who doesn't define you, but sees you. Who loves what...
DEB CALETTI We should not give away a moment to anyone who does not deserve it.
DEB CALETTI You can forget that other people carry pieces of your own story around in their heads. I've always t...
DEB CALETTI What came next wasn't exactly silence, because although it was quiet, a thousand things were being s...
DEB CALETTI We look down our noses at people who've made mistakes in relationships. She's so stupid! How could s...
DEB CALETTI The magic of purpose and of love in its purest form. Not televison love, with its glare and hollow a...
DEB CALETTI I could forget that part, but it had to have been true.
DEB CALETTI Sometimes you're sure dogs have some secret, superior intelligence, and other times you know they're...
DEB CALETTI Ah. Falling in love is such a magical time." "We just met, Damian. I'm not in love." Damian laughs. ...
DEB CALETTI It can be exhausting eating a meal cooked by a man. With a woman, it's, Ho hum, pass the beans. A gu...
DEB CALETTI A person shows signs of clutching on too fast, of being needy, of not hearing the word "no," of jeal...
DEB CALETTI It was more work than it seemed, looking through a telescope, as the Earth was continually moving an...
DEB CALETTI She'd be one of those parents who left a kid behind at a rest stop, driving for miles before she not...
DEB CALETTI Truth was funny, because it was an insistent thing, maybe as powerful and insistent as some force of...
DEB CALETTI the mind is a tyrant
DEB CALETTI so what brings you to the doctor today?"
"hmm, im afraid i have the chronic desire to save peop...
DEB CALETTI Most of our parents wanted the best for us, I knew, but we also wanted the best for them.
DEB CALETTI Control was just wishful thinking, and you controlled things to hedge your bets, to be safe, to guar...
DEB CALETTI I had let want in, opened the door ever so slightly. But want without the belief you can get what yo...
DEB CALETTI It was possible, maybe, to have facts in your mind that weren't facts at all. You could build a whol...
DEB CALETTI You could try and understand people, you could read books and understand words and concepts and idea...
DEB CALETTI Being needed was a handy trick. It could fill you up so full you never even noticed all the places t...
DEB CALETTI A lot of life is just surviving what happens.
DEB CALETTI Maybe we all just wanted someone to believe in. That's all each of us wanted, and it should be so si...
DEB CALETTI A person who says "it's your decision" is informing you that your decision sucks.
DEB CALETTI No one is ever quite as strong or as weak as you'd think.
DEB CALETTI My subconscious speaks in a foreign language.
DEB CALETTI I'd always thought telling the truth to other people was hard, but maybe that was a snap compared to...
DEB CALETTI I've wished for things and never really had the chance...It's time to stop dreaming and do something...
DEB CALETTI You've got to say what you mean and mean what you say...Doubt in your voice is an open door people w...
DEB CALETTI What is it about hairdressers? You tell them 'not too short' and some part of their hairdresser brai...
DEB CALETTI You can hold a secret, hold it so far in that it drives nearly every thought and every move you make...
DEB CALETTI The hope was, people like me got to finally find our place in college or in the actual world. People...
DEB CALETTI I would have spoken, had my heart not been in my throat
DEB CALETTI You were supposed to have hope, right? You were supposed to respect its power and hold on. And so I ...
DEB CALETTI The six rules of maybe
1. respect the power of hope and possibilites. Begin with beleif. Hold ...
DEB CALETTI Things that came apart could be put together again, but never exactly the same.
DEB CALETTI I shouldn't have to be a liar to make someone love me. I shouldn't be so afraid of losing someone th...
DEB CALETTI I guess forgiveness, like happiness, isn’t a final destination. You don’t one day get there and ...
DEB CALETTI Sometimes you can cattle rope your heart and sometimes you can't, is all.
DEB CALETTI When you go looking for rescue, you end up trapped in your own weakness.
DEB CALETTI One of the hardest tasks as a human being is knowing when to keep an open mind, and when not to.
DEB CALETTI It's human nature to want to help and soothe and save with your love, but it's also arrogant...
DEB CALETTI Supposedly there's an actual, researched link between extreme creativity and mental illness, and I b...
DEB CALETTI Your sibling, after all, is the only other person in the world who understands how fucked up your pa...
DEB CALETTI It's strange, isn't it, how the idea of belonging to someone can sound so great? It can be comfortin...
DEB CALETTI I've heard that people stand in bad situations because a relationship like that gets turned up by de...
DEB CALETTI We are all a volume on a shelf of a library, a story unto ourselves, never possibly described with o...
DEB CALETTI It made me wonder how many times we forgive just because we don't want to lose someone, even if they...
DEB CALETTI Onyx is angry," Damian says. "Onyx has a right to be angry. You've got to remember, for many elephan...
DEB CALETTI I've come to the conclusion that it's all about fear- fear that your kid won't come out on top, be a...
DEB CALETTI She once led this secret uprising to switch the voice boxes of Barbies and G.I. Joes. When they hit ...
DEB CALETTI In the two months I had also dated Justin Fellowes, this guy in my Spanish class, though after three...
DEB CALETTI Stereotypes are fast and easy, but they are lies, and the truth takes its time.
DEB CALETTI Once, I had to drive Oliver to soccer, was ten minutes late, and learned that there had apparently b...
DEB CALETTI You look so good," I say, and s***! Oh god, that's not what I meant. S***! "It looks good. The book.
DEB CALETTI It makes you realize how basically everything we do comes down to a) mating or b) competing for reso...
DEB CALETTI I may be nervous," I say.
"Okay, I'm really glad you said that, because I just went to the back...
DEB CALETTI We should have the right to have someone leave when we want, to only allow those in who we want in. ...
DEB CALETTI Have you worked here long?" Sebastian asks.
Just a few months," I say. "Do you come here a lot?...
DEB CALETTI The difference between men and women is this--if you catch a woman butt-naked, she tries to cover th...
DEB BAKER So we came up with the idea of dressing up as ice princesses. So it's been kind of fun. We'd hate to...
DEB ANDERSON It's lots of fun. We hope everyone will attend.
DEB ANDERSON People want to be able to use more of their outdoor space, and they want flexibility.
DEB ANDERSON We've tested our products in Alaska, the Arizona desert and the Florida Keys and after 30 years they...
DEB ANDERSON I'm still amazed how after the actors came on in their costumes how accurate it all looked. Basicall...
DEB THOMAS Liz is a great player. I'm just glad she was confident out there.
DEB BENNETT I'm sold on getting them (students) to think like scientists through logic and problem-solving. Thes...
DEB BOGARD I think for me, the bigger issue was just the disrespect our league got. .. To not see six of our Bi...
DEB PATTERSON Schools look to us to find the balance between aesthetics and cost. Public schools typically have ti...
DEB MICHENER This is not what you remember as a science fair project.
DEB BOGARD I just love to see the kids push themselves and get to a level they didn't know they were capable of...
DEB BOGARD We have to tear off the roof, tear down the garage, and tear down the pantry and back porch by ourse...
DEB MONAHAN I object to these groups who say they're mourning for our soldiers -- people they didn't even know. ...
DEB MEYER We had 50 rooms in the hotel blocked out for the tournament.
DEB WICKAM It's a long time until the next election, but it starts now. And if you truly want to see things...
DEB FISCHER We are only a signature away. I can't begin to tell you how excited we are. We've had such great exp...
DEB WILLIAMS They (WBCS) scored 14 points in the fourth quarter. Including four 3-pointers.
DEB RATHBURN I just talked into the camera. I talked to Hannah Storm and, basically, everyone on the Early Show c...
DEB REMMERDE I think she came out very determined. She's just a sophomore, and she hit her free throws down the s...
DEB BENNETT You do not need to be a tax expert. In fact, you can be a tax idiot.
DEB KOTTEL I'm an honest, hardworking conservative leader who will stand up to Washington and fight for Neb...
DEB FISCHER Every story needs some sort of secret that impels it forward. Otherwise why would the reader bother ...
DEB LOUGHEAD It's amazing what the possiblity of romance can do to you. I'm self-conscious now in ways I never wa...
DEB BAKER Arthur lost his insurance on the house because his roof was collapsing and leaking so bad. Also two ...
DEB MONAHAN Juniper is one of our shining stars. We're very proud of what they're doing.
DEB BAKER Baylor was awesome at the foul line. They stepped up at the end and made them like butter.
DEB PATTERSON Once we had some runners on, we knew we had to push them through. I didn't think [Charlotte] was han...
DEB SMITH You can't sit down in a bachelor's house without getting sick with cooties from the dirt and built-u...
DEB BAKER At the end of the first lunch, there was a group of about - I don't know how many it began as - but ...
DEB BAKER As a group, the Clark Resource Council is for responsible development.
DEB THOMAS The key is keeping everything the same. I step up to the line, take two dribbles and shoot it. I app...
DEB REMMERDE It was hard on me, especially not being able to play, and you put being away from home on top of tha...
DEB REMMERDE I was a little nervous at first, but once I got rolling, it was good.
DEB REMMERDE I shot on an off, basically, from about 4:15 until they started filming at 6. I didn't shoot non-sto...
DEB REMMERDE There are so many good books waiting to be read, I’ll never go back and read one twice.
DEB BAKER Normally, I have a rinse to take the yellow out of my gray hair. Gray hair doesn’t scare me. Neith...
DEB BAKER I’m more of a one-time reader. There are so many good books waiting to be read, I’ll never go ba...
DEB BAKER The difference between men and women is this—if you catch a woman butt-naked, she tries to cover t...
DEB BAKER Big cities squeeze the ability to be patient right out of people. Life becomes too frantic and rushe...
DEB BAKER The things we do for our friends.
DEB BAKER There sat Floyd, naked as a blue jay and not half as pretty. He had the largest head I ever saw on a...
DEB BAKER Word For The Day PICAYUNE (PIK uh yoon’) adj. Trivial or petty, small or small-minded.
DEB BAKER COLORED LIGHTS FROM BLAZE’S truck streaked through the night and the sound of the siren pierced th...
DEB BAKER I'll eat rabbit pellets before you get me into something pink with ruffles.
DEB BAKER Word For The Day KERFUFFLE (kuhr FUF uhl) n. Disorder; uproar; confusion
DEB BAKER You don't have to be a member, just show up to give your services.
DEB WOLF Many children use it as a memory and for comfort because kids deal with death differently than we do...
DEB WOLF We offer a lot of hope to kids going through some pretty stressful things.
DEB WOLF We have worked on this for a long time and to see it coming to fruition, it's exciting for the commu...
DEB WILLIAMS We have so many different areas to choose from. Whether it's teaching the 5- to 9-year-olds how to m...
DEB WILLIAMS We tell them to get the kids a good breakfast, and enough sleep the night before.
DEB WALLACE We do things to motivate [the students]. It's a lot of pressure, and we try to make it easier for th...
DEB WALLACE We're so grateful to all the teachers for coming out. They all worked together.
DEB WALLACE I thought we had a better team effort than we did at North Central (College First Chance Meet). We'r...
DEB VERCAUTEREN The NCAA made the general public more aware of women's sports. But we still need more opportunities ...
DEB VERCAUTEREN When I was in high school, we had track for five weeks my senior year. That was all for women's spor...
DEB VERCAUTEREN We don't want to lose the outdoor title by a point again.
DEB VERCAUTEREN That puts a different chemistry of athletes in the national championships. You also have a couple of...
DEB VERCAUTEREN We remember that we were one point away last year and that's added fuel. This is a whole new season,...
DEB VERCAUTEREN We lost outdoor by a point last year, but scored more points than we were supposed to. The team perf...
DEB VERCAUTEREN But we need other people to step up. We need to be in the high 40s to be in contention.
DEB VERCAUTEREN This year was really special. Many times you can have a good team, but they can be difficult. But th...
DEB VERCAUTEREN We want to be a trophy team, which would be in the top four. And we'd like to be in contention for t...
DEB VERCAUTEREN I was hoping they would get a sense of what it's like to create their own show. I also wanted them t...
DEB TYTE They were aware that different environments gave it a different feeling.
DEB TYTE We started by talking about some of the local public-art projects that have taken place recently. Th...
DEB TYTE About 1,000 to 1,500 people pass through here. The community really gets behind us.
DEB TRINE Some people just come in for breakfast and leave or come in for lunch and leave.
DEB TRINE Three years ago this was still the same soup.
DEB TRINE The 'What's the point award' is the same concept.
DEB TRINE A lot of people who aren't parishioners or parents come out every year. It's a fun?filled day.
DEB TRINE It was a great effort to keep working hard and finish the game. We strung some hits together.
DEB THOMPSON To keep Sioux Falls the giving community it is, we need to start with the kids. They truly, truly kn...
DEB THOMPSON I love Old Town and it is just amazing to work and be on the cobblestone streets.
DEB THOMAS Nobody believes this is not going to move forward.
DEB THOMAS We were missing two key starters in the second overtime, but I'm proud of the girls.
DEB TAYLOR She's a very unselfish player for us. She's about getting the ball to her teammates. She handles the...
DEB TAYLOR Their zone press gave us some trouble in the second half. We were getting good looks at the basket o...
DEB TAYLOR It was what sealed our love for the cultures of my children's homelands. But remember to celebrate y...
DEB SUMIEC Very few countries operate at the frenetic pace America does.
DEB SUMIEC My closest relationships in life are with people I am not biologically related to.
DEB SUMIEC They would like to see people more sheltered at home to lower risk of transmission.
DEB STEFFEN We're so scattered all over the country--have a family plan of how you're going to notify each other...
DEB STEFFEN With 15-35 percent of the population becoming ill, we're not going to be able to be stocking our sto...
DEB STEFFEN If Northwest Iowa hospitals get bogged down with a number of flu cases, maybe central Iowa has more ...
DEB STEFFEN You don't want a bunch of people panicking and terrified that we're not going to be able to do anyth...
DEB STEFFEN We're in the middle of our migration season now where birds are flying. Are they going to bring it b...
DEB STEFFEN We never know when a pandemic is going to hit so it's part of our bio-emergency planning.
DEB STEFFEN Today, all Windows Mobile devices can already communicate directly with Exchange Server 2003. Direct...
DEB SOMMER We had a nice pitching performance from Katie.
DEB SMITH We were very flat [in Game Two]. We got behind early and we couldn't catch up. The fighting spirit w...
DEB SMITH She pitched well and showed a lot of control. She had great defense behind her and that gave us a lo...
DEB SMITH [Game One] was a good game for us. It was well pitched and we got some timely hitting.
DEB SMITH