Quotes When Enough Is Enough Novels & Stories

--- The winter has come. The garden slept. Celeste and I sat by the fire, holding hands, watching the flames. "I've been thinking about enough," she said. "What about it?" "I used to think enough was a failure. A settling. A giving up." "And now?" "Now I think enough is a gift. The ability to say: I have what I need. I've done what I could. I am what I am." "And are you enough?" She turned to me, her eyes soft. "With you? Yes."

"You are trying to be the perfect mother. And perfect does not exist." I looked at her. "But I need to be good enough. I need to be enough for her." "You are enough. You have always been enough. You just need to believe it." I went home that day and looked at Rose. She was sleeping in her crib. Her tiny chest rose and fell. "I am enough," I whispered. "I am enough for you." I felt the words settle in my chest. They felt true. He came up behind me and wrapped his arms around me. "How did it go?"

The little sweetheart of a lady tottered down the aisle, faced the congregation, and said, "I outlived the buggers." Memorable Quotes "Scattered showers my ass!" Noah. "I have no problem with you talking to yourself as long as it doesn't turn into an argument" Woody Allen. "If at first you don't succeed try, try again. Then quit. There's no point being a damn fool about it." W.C.Fields. "The one thing that all porn stars have in common is a dread of filming the scenes that don't involve sex" Fanny Lightfoot (Porn Movie Director) "For every human problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong." H. L. Mencken

He laughs but shuts up. “Ok, listen, while we are on the topic of quotes, I have some funny, sarcastic ones,” he says and opens his phone to read some. “Two wrongs, don’t make a right, take your parents as an example,” I laugh. I can use it on anyone who messes with my friends. “Tell me more,” I urge him. “Even people who are good for nothing can bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs,” I chuckle.

Real, meaningful, documented progress. And that was enough. For now. Always enough for now. Because now was all we had. And we were using it well. Building better. Fighting harder. Refusing to quit. Exactly as it should be. Exactly as it would always be. Forever forward. Together. One case at a time.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

I stared out the window at the endless traffic and said softly, “Someone left me here.” In the past, getting left behind would’ve shattered me. I would’ve screamed, cried, and lost control, but now I just felt calm. Not long after I got in the car, Paris posted in the group chat. [My stomach hurts so much, and I'm out of painkillers. What should I do?] James replied instantly. [Don’t worry. I’ll be there in five minutes.] I smiled to myself. Honestly, if those two didn’t end up together again, it’d be a disservice to everyone watching from the sidelines.

“Not what you think. Open it.” Inside: a simple silver bracelet. Elegant. Etched delicately with the words from her dedication: “You are already enough.” Her eyes glistened. “It’s beautiful.” He stepped closer. “You are. And I need you to hold onto that. When the world praises you too loudly, when critics try to unmake you, when darkness returns and tempts you to vanish… remember this.” She slipped the bracelet on. It clung to her wrist like it belonged there. It did.

He finally figured out the answer. “To define is to limit.” That was the quote by Oscar Wilde that he cherished. “Now, I understand, Joe. I finally understand this quote! I finally understand that everything is possible! I can do everything and anything. I am free. I don’t have to limit myself to be whoever I am expected to be. Everything is possible! Everything! I felt so relieved thinking about this. I’m beginning a new life! Yes! I can begin a new life!”

--- --- Something chosen. --- Something that didn’t need to prove itself to exist. --- --- Because it already did. --- --- Out loud. --- ---

We were running out of time. But we had enough. Enough proof. Enough clarity. Enough rage. * And maybe, just maybe, enough love.