Quotes from DUET stories

By popular demand!  Here’s a list of quotes throughout Brownell’s books:  (Feel free to re-quote, just please include the source.  Thanks!)

• A dreamory is a dream that’s a memory. – from DUET stories Volume II: The Tempo Builds by Brownell Landrum
  
• A dream you dream alone is only a dream.  A dream you dream together is reality.  – quote by John Lennon in DUET stories Volume II: The Tempo Builds by Brownell Landrum
  
• Sharing feelings, conveying appreciation and whispering desires are all crucial components of a satisfying encounter with your beloved. – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• It’s a difficult thing to be a man. To try to be noble and honorable in a world of conflict and strife. To distinguish selfish desire from sincere concern. To know when to fight and when to forfeit.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• I felt the smile grow from within, starting in my chest and making its way up to my face. If what the guru had said about auras and energy was accurate, I must have been glowing.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• I was helplessly captured; and hopelessly enraptured.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• A thief might steal from anyone. Why he’s stealing from you is what you need to understand.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Tragedies can contain some of life’s greatest rewards and valuable lessons. Struggle makes you stronger. Pain makes you alert. Clouds bring forth the rain. As a wise man once said, ‘You seek problems because you need their gifts.’ Why would you rob someone of these benefits?  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices  by Brownell Landrum(Note: Quote is from Richard Bach in his book Illusions.)
  
• Until someone recognizes his or her Reason Why, the problem will recur, or another will sprout up in its place. – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• I’d always felt like it was only weak people who turned to God, but at that moment I realized maybe I was wrong: perhaps it was the other way around. Only those who were strong enough to admit their own, human limitations would know when to seek help and guidance.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Without music, life would be a mistake.  – Friedrich Nietzsche
  
• Loving someone who can’t love themselves is like pouring water into a bowl with a hole in the bottom. It can never stay filled.  – from A Very Special Epilogue to DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• What can be used to heal, can also be used to hurt.  – from A Very Special Epilogue to DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Love is both the question and the answer.  – from A Very Special Epilogue to DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices
  
• Fear doesn’t come from lack of love; it comes from lack of trust.  – from A Very Special Epilogue to DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• The solution is to trust yourself, to trust each other and to trust your connection with the Source of all Love and Light. To trust God.  – from A Very Special Epilogue to DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Looks attract – and disturb – the superficial people.  – from A Very Special Epilogue to DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• One of the biggest lessons people on Earth have, and it’s getting more dire in the world you’re about to enter, is the false belief that looks, money and power are requirements for love, when it’s the opposite.  – from A Very Special Epilogue to DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• It’s only when someone really shows their vulnerability to another, and is accepted, flaws and all, can he or she really feel loved.  – from A Very Special Epilogue to DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• There are no rights and wrongs. Just lessons, lessons and more lessons. With hopefully a little fun in-between.  – from A Very Special Epilogue to DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Life should be enjoyed, you know. That’s an important lesson to keep in mind. It will help bring him through the darkness and into the light.  – from A Very Special Epilogue to DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices
  
• Once you commit, don’t relent or repent.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• The secret is to keep yourself interesting.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Hope could be a dangerous emotion.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Greed, corruption, violence, sin, deception all come from a lack of understanding that we’re all connected.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• There’s a fine line between trying to be everything your mate wants you to be and wanting to be loved for who you are.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• There is truth and beauty in all religions. It’s the separation between them that creates difficulty. Instead of looking at what they have in common, which is plentiful, they spend too much time arguing about how they’re different. – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• He had worries but no doubts. Obstacles, but no lack of courage in facing them. Conflict, but none within.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Love dissolves all fear, eliminates all doubt, and transforms all evil.  –  from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• It’s the ability to love anyone and anything that’s the most powerful force in the universe.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• In sexual relations, a connection between solar plexus chakras indicates shared power in the relationship.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Sex without love is like a meal without nutrition; neither satisfying nor sustaining.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• For sex to be good, you need to feel grounded and solid in the relationship.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him.  – Groucho Marx
  
• The best, highest love comes without attachment or expectation.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Trust acquired through challenged skepticism is infinitely more solid and lasting than passive acceptance.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Love. The simplest and most complicated concept in life. You crave it, you fear it, you fight for it, you live for it, you might even be willing to die for it. It’s a mystery, a gift and an honor. To give and to receive. To give is to receive.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• That’s what happens when destiny unveils itself: you get a sense of knowing you’re exactly where you’re supposed to be, and with whom.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Friends are like sails – they help shield us against storms and provide the force that helps direct us on course. Friends enhance our lives in many ways: they listen to us when we need someone to talk to; they support us when we feel vulnerable; and they empower us when we’re facing challenges.  – from Five Reasons Why Bad Things Happen: How to Turn Tragedies Into Triumph
  
• Try making this your new mantra: ‘Let Divine Will Fill My Heart and Guide My Actions.’  – from Five Reasons Why Bad Things Happen: How to Turn Tragedies Into Triumph by Brownell Landrum
  
• Security comes from Trust.
  
• Trust comes from Faith.
  
• Faith comes when you eliminate all fear.
  
• Ease comes when you are fearless.
  
• – from Five Reasons Why Bad Things Happen: How to Turn Tragedies Into Triumph by Brownell Landrum
  
• When you strip down the layers and get to your soul, there is nothing that can be taken away. This is the essence of freedom.  – from Five Reasons Why Bad Things Happen: How to Turn Tragedies Into Triumph by Brownell Landrum
  
• It doesn’t much matter
  
• If we get to the top
  
• What matters much more is
  
• What we do when we stop
  
• – from Sometimes I Wonder by Brownell Landrum
  
• Do you ever feel unsatisfied? Like you’ve given a part of yourself with nothing in return? That’s what happens when you don’t connect on all levels.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Your soul is your connection to the Divine. Sacred sex is an activity of joining souls in holy, celestial creation, expressing your appreciation for the gift of life, of sharing your body’s vitality with another.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• It’s up to you to decide if you’ll face life with courage, confusion or concern.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Dark energy is the absence of love, just as black is the absence of color. The more love, the more colors added to the palette, the more light is achieved.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• All human beings are connected. It’s like we’re all holding onto ropes that tie to each other. The bond is closer and stronger with people you’ve met; the longer or better you know someone, the easier it is to tune into their energy.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Just know that if you move forward with honesty, faith and love, everything will be alright.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Life is a continuum; neither black nor white, but a series of shades from light to dark. When the shadow is in front of you, all you see is the darkness and forget the sun is at your back.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• There is no shadow without the sun.
  
• No suffering without divinity.
  
• No fear without love.
  
• No despair without desire.
  
• No hopelessness without faith.
  
• – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Strong women are the universe’s way of enhancing our own strength as men.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• When a confident woman allows you to take over the care of her, you’re both elevated to a higher level.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Remember the balance; the give-and-take of energy. The symbol of yin and yang is more than the integration of male and female. It’s also the balance of light and dark, soft and hard, active and passive, in and out, giver and receiver. You can’t have one without the other.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Have you ever worried about something so much that it becomes debilitating? But when you finally accept there’s nothing you can do, when your choices are taken away, fear dissolves and you can finally relax…and perhaps even enjoy?  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Sexual union is only truly fulfilling when both parties are at the same level and definition of love. The same exchange of energy. It’s like music. Alone you have your own tune, but when it’s combined with another it can a magical, divine experience. Each part has to know when it leads, like the melody, and when it complements, like the harmony.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• You can’t love someone you don’t know. You can only love how they make you feel. But it doesn’t mean you can’t instantly recognize someone you’ve known and loved before… someone your soul has known and loved before. And might love again…  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• It is the nature of human beings to want, to desire.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Prayer is asking; Meditation is listening.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Old or young, light or dark, full or frail, every woman has qualities that make her beautiful.  – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• The more you care; the more you share.  – from DUET stories Volume I: The Song Begins by Brownell Landrum
  
• Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.  – Kierkegaard
  
• “So, Paige, can you tell me your thoughts on the theories of Max Planck?”
  
• Her answer floors me:  “I agree ‘there can never be any real opposition between religion and science,” she says, “for the one is the complement of the other.” She continues, “I also think the Wachowski’s were inspired by Planck when they named the movie The Matrix, considering that Plank said ‘The mind is the matrix of all matter.’”  – from DUET stories Volume I: The Song Begins by Brownell Landrum
  
• Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it? – Albert Einstein quote in DUET stories Volume I: The Song Begins by Brownell Landrum
  
• Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.  – Albert Einstein quote in DUET stories Volume I: The Song Begins by Brownell Landrum
  
• If things seem under control, you’re not going fast enough.  – Mario Andretti quote in DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• The true definition of soulmate is “someone you’ve known before who you’re destined to meet.”  – from all of the DUET stories!
  
• The opposite of Insecurity isn’t Security.  It’s a Sense of Adventure. –  from Five Reasons Why Bad Things Happen: How to Turn Tragedies Into Triumph by Brownell Landrum
  
• Faith is like the sun.  Some people are closer to the source of that love and light, and can bask in the warmth, while others are further away.  Some look toward the light, while others face the opposite direction. – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• Despair is a cruel companion.  It robs you of everything; especially the choices that still lie within your control. – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• When the shadow is in front of you, all you see is the darkness and forget the sun is at your back. – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• It’s only when someone really shows their vulnerability to another, and is accepted, flaws and all, can he or she really feel loved.  – from A Very Special Epilogue to DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• We decide on our lessons, the paths we will take… –  from Sometimes I Wonder by Brownell Landrum
  
• It doesn’t much matter if we get to the top.  What matters much more is what we do when we stop. – from Sometimes I Wonder by Brownell Landrum
  
• Do we smell the roses?  Admire the bees?  Enjoy the sensation of a warm ocean breeze? from Sometimes I Wonder by Brownell Landrum
  
• For Life isn’t easy, and not always fun.  But easy is boring, like games always won… – from Sometimes I Wonder by Brownell Landrum
  
• What matters in the end: Does the love you receive match the love you spend? – from Sometimes I Wonder by Brownell Landrum
  
• Sometimes I wonder if this isn’t home…  – from Sometimes I Wonder by Brownell Landrum
  
• The more you care; the more you share.  – from DUET stories Volume I: The Song Begins by Brownell Landrum
  
• What is money for, if not to share with those you love and treasure? – from DUET stories Volume II: The Tempo Builds by Brownell Landrum
  
• Hold her.  Treasure her.  Never take her for granted.  Never let her go, no matter what.  There’s nothing more painful than losing the person you love most in the world.  Trust me. – from DUET stories Volume II: The Tempo Builds by Brownell Landrum
  
• Before we reunited, my heart was like a hearth that had gone cold.  Seeing you again set me ablaze.  Each visit was as necessary as another log, each stroke of your soft touch as important as a stoke of the flame to keep me from burning out again.   – from DUET stories Volume II: The Tempo Builds by Brownell Landrum
  
• Letting someone believe something that you know isn’t true is the same as a lie.  Even if you don’t outright say an untruth, it’s still deceptive. – from DUET stories Volume II: The Tempo Builds by Brownell Landrum
  
• Making a promise you know you won’t keep is also a lie.  – from DUET stories Volume II: The Tempo Builds by Brownell Landrum
  
• We talk about the whole concept of lying.  Why people lie.  Usually, we conclude, it’s just to cover up their own behavior – to not get caught doing something they shouldn’t.  But sometimes people might lie because the truth may hurt the other person.  And sometimes they lie because (they think) the other person can’t deal with the truth.  – from DUET stories Volume II: The Tempo Builds by Brownell Landrum
  
• Some people have difficulty releasing control.  It comes down to trust.  When they trust themselves, as well as their partner, enough to relinquish their will, it can be emancipating.  Have you ever worried about something so much that it becomes debilitating?  But when you finally accept there’s nothing you can do, when your choices are taken away, fear dissolves and you can finally relax…and perhaps even enjoy? – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• You can alter yourself to be what someone wants, but that’s a slippery slope.  There’s a fine line between trying to be everything your mate wants you to be and wanting to be loved for who you are.   – from DUET stories Volume III: A Chorus of Voices by Brownell Landrum
  
• For every action there is an equal and opposite re-action. 
  
• A repercussion. 
  
• – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• We differ from others only in what we do or don’t do, not in what we are.  – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• Relationships are tenuous, like a fragile seedling.  You could ruin its chances at growing and thriving by carelessly trampling it or shrouding it in a canopy of darkness.  And also like a seedling, if you give it light and love and time for the roots to grow deeply, it’ll flourish into a majestic redwood. – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• Love transcends dimensions of time and space.  – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• A soul is a vast collection of experiences.  The unification of lessons.  The accumulation of events designed to help us evolve and grow through love. – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• If another soul took over your beloved’s body, would you still feel the same way about him or her? – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• The things you appreciate will replicate. – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• It’s not about optimism, pessimism or realism.  It’s not about thinking nothing bad will ever happen to you.  It’s about having the faith and courage that no matter what happens, you’ll be okay. – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• You can choose between having an open mind and being a skeptic.  There is no in-between.  – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• You don’t create your reality. 
  
• You co-create your reality. – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• Sometimes you finally understand something so profoundly life-changing your whole body starts to tingle.  It’s like you’re made of vibrations that just jumped an octave or two.  – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• Sometimes giving someone space is the most selfless thing you can do. – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• Those who fly solo have the strongest wings. – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• Guilt can weigh you down; like being bound in lead chains in a deep murky lake, making you spend the rest of your life gasping for air.  – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• The right music and lyrics can infiltrate your soul. – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• It’s interesting how we can connect so deeply with friends so different from ourselves.  In fact, perhaps it’s these differences ultimately bonding us the most.  The opportunity to expand our horizons. – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• Reality can exceed even your wildest dreams. – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• Surprises are everywhere in life.  And they usually come from misjudging people for being less than they appear. – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• They say a picture tells a thousand words, but photographs reveal only a small part of the real story about a person. – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• You have to be very careful when involving yourself with someone else’s karma.  It can quickly become your karma too. – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• It’s awfully difficult to be ‘right’ when you don’t have all the information.  – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• The real truth comes forth at the intersection of science and philosophy. – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• If you could dream about anything you want, what would it be? – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• Nothing makes you feel more like a man than holding and comforting a woman in your arms.  – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• Sometimes you get an idea that’s so outrageous it’s bound to be really important.  – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum
  
• Whatever you focus on expands. – from DUET stories Volume IV: Repercussions by Brownell Landrum