“ It’s
better to live like a flame, to know a man and love him, even if he can’t be
yours, than never to love at all. ” -
Eloisa James (A kiss at midnight)
“ The more I
look around and listen I realize that I’m not alone. We are all facing choices
that define us. No choice. However messy is without importance in the overall
picture of our lives. We all at our own age have to claim something, even if
it’s only our own confusion. I am in the middle of growing up and into myself.
” - - Sabrina Ward Harrison
“ The secret to life is meaningless unless you
discover it yourself. ” - W. S. Maugham
“ A woman’s heart is not bought by the currency of
a man’s emotion for her. A woman’s heart is won over by her own feelings for
herself when he just happens to be around. ” - A Long Long Time Ago and Essentially True, Brigid
Pasulka
“ You should never be surprised when someone treats
you with respect, you should expect it. ” - Sarah Dessen
“ In life, we do things. Some we wish we had never
done, and some we wish we could replay a million times. But they make us who we
are and in the end they shape and detail us. If we were to reserve them, we
wouldn’t be the people we are today. so, just live. Make mistakes and have
wonderful memories. But never second guess who you are, where you’ve been, and
most importantly where you’re going. ”
“ Puke and starve and cut and drink because you
need an anesthetic and it works. For a while. But then the anesthetic turns
into poison and by then it’s too late because you are mainingling it now,
straight into your soul. It is rotting you and you can’t stop. ” - ‘Wintergirls’ by Laurie Halse Anderson
"The best moments in reading are when you come
across something — a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things — that
you'd thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone
else, a person you've never met, maybe even someone long dead. And it's as if a
hand has come out and taken yours." - Hector, The History Boys.
“ Don’t cry for a man who’s left you—the next one
may fall for your smile. ” - Mae West
“ He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream
and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it. ” - Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)
“ Madness is just what genius looks like to a tiny
mind. ” - Steven
Moffat, head writer of Doctor Who
“ The only way to get through life is to laugh your
way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying
gives me a headache. ” - Marjorie Pay Hinckley
“ It’s work. The person you love is rarely worthy
of how big your love is. Because no one is worthy of that and maybe no one
deserves the burden of it, either. You’ll be let down. You’ll be disappointed
and have your trust broken and have a lot of real sucky days. You lose more
than you win. You hate the person you love as much as you love him. But, shit, you
roll up your sleeves and work - at everything - because that’s what growing
older is. ” - Dennise Lehane, Mystic River
“ He thought for a second, then said, “I don’t
know. Just because someone’s pretty doesn’t mean she’s decent. Or vice versa.
I’m not into appearances. I like flaws, I think they make things interesting. ”
- Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever
“ So I guess we are who we are for a lot of
reasons. And maybe we’ll never know most of them. But even if we don’t have the
power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.
We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them. ” - The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
“ You have not failed until you quit trying. ” - Gordon B. Hinckley
“ The distinguishing mark of true adventures, is
that often they are no fun at all while they are actually happening. ” - Kim Stanley Robinson
“ Think like a man of action; act like a man of
thought. ” - Henri Bergson
“ Of all forms of caution, caution in love is
perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. ” - Bertrand
Russell
“ Sometimes you hit a point where you either change
or self destruct. ” - Sam Stevens
