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Desperate Housewives Quotes

“There is a reason people can't wait for Christmas, and it has little to do with family reunions, or curling up with a cup of eggnog, or that unexpected kiss beneath a mistletoe, or receiving a present from that special someone, no, people look forward to Christmas, because they know it's a time for miracles.”
— Mary Alice Young, Desperate Housewives, Season 3: The Miracle Song
Tagged: Christmas, Miracles, Family Reunions
“You can be happy, Paul, you just have to identify what's negative in your life and then get rid of it.”
— Mary Alice Young, Desperate Housewives, Season 7: I'm Still Here
Tagged: Happiness, Negative
“We all take the gift of life for granted, if only we could slow things down because before you knew it, the gift is gone.”
— Mary Alice Young, Desperate Housewives, Season 8: You Take for Granted
Tagged: Slow Down, gift of life
“We know dangerous men walk among us. What we can't be sure of is who they are or where they hide. So the most we can offer any stranger is reasonable doubt. But once the doubt is gone, people are anything but reasonable.”
— Mary Alice Young, Desperate Housewives, Season 3: Beautiful Girls
Tagged: dangerous men, reasonable doubt, Strangers
“People by their very nature are always on the lookout for intruders. Trying to prevent those on the outside from getting in. But there will always be those who force their way into our lives, just as there will be those we invite in, but the most troubling of all, will be the ones who stand on the outside looking in. The ones we never truly get to know.”
— Mary Alice Young, Desperate Housewives, Season 1: Come In, Stranger
Tagged: intruders, Paranoia, suspicion
“From the moment we wake up in the morning 'til our head hits the pillow at night, our lives are filled with questions. Most are easily answered and soon forgotten. But some questions are much harder to ask because we are so afraid of the answer. Will I be around to watch my children grow up? Am I making a mistake by marrying this man? Could he ever truly love me? And what happens when we ask ourself the hard question and get the answer we've been hoping for? Well, that's when happiness begins.”
— Mary Alice Young, Desperate Housewives, Season 3: What Would We Do Without You?
Tagged: Questions, mistake, marrying, Happiness
“There comes a moment when our lives change forever. The moment we admit our weaknesses, the moment we rise to a challenge, the moment we accept a sacrifice, or let a loved one go. And sometimes the change in our lives is an answer to our prayers.”
— Mary Alice Young, Desperate Housewives, Season 7: Everything's Different, Nothing's Changed
Tagged: Change, Weakness, Challenge, Sacrifice, Letting Go, Prayers
“No matter who we are, we all experience moments of dread. When we ask ourselves: Will anyone believe I'm innocent? Will my daughter be a child of divorce? Will this man break my heart? Are there things that go bump in the night? And sometimes, the answer is yes.”
— Marc Cherry, Brian Tanen, Desperate Housewives, Season 7: Then I Really Got Scared
Tagged: dread, Innocence, Child of Divorce, Heartbreak
“Yes, we often learn our most important lessons outside the classroom. The painful truth about the state of a relationship, the ugly cost of challenging authority, the sad fact that life's colors aren't always rosy, then are those who refuse to accept these important lessons. They simply wait to teach a lesson of their own.”
— Mary Alice Young, Desperate Housewives, Season 8: School of Hard Knocks
Tagged: Lessons, Classroom, Relationship, Authority
“There comes a time when we must expose our weaknesses. When our secrets can no longer remain private, when our solitude can no longer be denied, when our pain can no longer be ignored, but sometimes we feel so alone that a weakness we thought we'd overcome suddenly becomes too long to fight.”
— Mary Alice Young, Desperate Housewives, Season 8: Suspicion Song
Tagged: Weaknesses, Struggle, Fight
“Yes, we may think we're all destined to play certain roles, but sometimes those roles can unexpectedly change: a nervous student may discover a hidden confidence; a long time wife may confront a harsh reality; a busy mother may find her attention needed elsewhere; and a woman who wanted to do a little bit of good may be finding herself playing a much bigger role than she intended.”
— Mary Alice Young, Desperate Housewives, Season 8: The Art of Making Art
Tagged: Roles, Change, Students, Reality
“Yes, love can bring out the best in us...the confidence to move on, the courage to tell the truth, the strength to keep hoping, but sometimes what surprises us the most isn't what love brings out but who it brings back.”
— Mary Alice Young, Desperate Housewives, Season 8: Is This What You Call Love?
Tagged: Love, Confidence, Courage, strength
“When we see an opportunity in life, we have to take it. Whether it's the hope of winning back the love of our life, a shot at proving our worth, or the chance to show a child the right path, but sometimes when we answer the call we have no idea what opportunity awaits us.”
— Mary Alice Young, Desperate Housewives, Season 8: Any Moment
Tagged: Opportunity, Love of your life, Chance
“In life we all make plans, but sometimes they don't turn out the way we expected. By trying to help out, we may damage a relationship. By attempting to reach out, we may push someone further away. By digging into the past, we may enrich our present.”
— Mary Alice Young, Desperate Housewives, Season 8: She Needs Me
Tagged: plans, unexpected, Pushing Away, Relationship, Damage
“Keeping secrets is a lonely business. That's why we all search for someone to confide in: an ally who will understand, an advisor who we can trust, a friend who will never judge.”
— Mary Alice Young, Desperate Housewives, Season 8: What's to Discuss, Old Friend?
Tagged: Secrets, Lonely, ally, Advisor
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