Quotes When Enough Is Enough Novels & Stories

"I don't want you to go." "I know, baby. But I'm tired. So tired. And I'm ready. I've lived eighty-one years. I've helped thousands of people. I've loved and been loved. That's enough. More than enough. I'm full. Now it's your turn to fill up. Your turn to pour out. Your turn to choose."

They all look more qualified than me. The thought squeezed painfully at my chest. Before I could spiral further, a familiar voice echoed inside my head. “Confidence isn’t about believing you’re the best. It’s about believing you’re enough.” My late father’s words. A faint smile tugged at my lips. “I’m enough,” I whispered under my breath. Just then, the receptionist looked up. “Miss Vera Adams?” My stomach flipped. I rose to my feet so quickly I nearly knocked my handbag off the chair.

Anger consumed me as I clenched my fists tightly. My nails dug into my flesh, yet I felt no pain. I never imagined that the man I once loved would humiliate me like this. I was about to strike when a voice cut through the tension. "I don't see her as your possession. In fact, her achievements are something you can only dream of. "A man who rides on a woman's coattails and then tosses her aside when he makes it big is a real fool. Don't you agree, Mr. Gale?"

That was enough. More than enough.

“Maybe what you saw with the other girl is not the full story.” “But what if I am wrong about everything?” “What if you are right? You should talk to him. Talk for real. Say honest words.” “What if he does not feel the same as me?” “Then you will know for sure. But what if he is waiting for you to show it is okay?” He stood up. “If someone makes you feel you are not enough, they are not good for you. You are enough. You are more than enough.” His kind words made fresh tears come.

She found Joel still seated comfortably as he bobbed his head to the music in his ears. Shooting him a killing look, she sat on one of the chairs close to the door. The motivational posters of various colours that decorated the sky-blue painted walls caught her attention. And most of them, she observed, contained quotes from famous people. Some she had heard of and some she had read about. "A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt. That one made her smile. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." ~ Nelson Mandela

Are they gonna hate me now because I'm not wolf enough? Did I just lose the grandparents I just gained? I was almost in tears at the thought, but then I, again, remembered my mother's words telling me that I'm enough and that I'm enough as I am. I quickly let the worry fall from my shoulders and looked them in the eye. I will not fold, regardless of who it is. I was enough for my mother to love. Then that means I'm enough for everyone else, if not... then they're not enough for me.

“To know she is entirely genuine with you and entirely genuine with someone else simultaneously. That you are not enough. That you have never been enough.” “That’s not—” “Don’t.” His hand came up, stopping me, a wall not a touch. “Don’t tell me what it is. I was there.” “You are enough,” I said. My voice broke on it. “Nate, you are more than—” “If I were enough, you wouldn’t have needed him.” I opened my mouth and nothing came out.

It is enough. It has to be enough.