Famous Quotes

"it always sound scarier when a hollerer talk soft."

"When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace."

"As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don't think you are the most important being on earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye and say, 'I'm probably no better than you, but I'm certainly your equal."

"There are times I wish I were invisible. Which is silly, since I do everything I can to stand out."

"It's amazing how quickly nature consumes human places after we turn our backs on them. Life is a hungry thing."

"Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness."

"Oh, for the years I have not lived, but only dreamed of living."

"Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams."

"Do not become someone else just because you are hurt. Be who you are & smile, it may solve, all problems you have got."

"All the stuff you can’t wait to get away from, until it’s not there anymore, and then you miss it like crazy."

"Life would be unbearably dull if we had answers to all our questions."

"Birthdays could be such a bummer when you were older than the country you lived in."

"Anymore, no one's mind is their own."

"Don't be afraid of the shadows, that only means there's a light nearby."

"You are always a little bit wrong"

"For I am—or I was—one of those people who pride themselves in on their willpower, on their ability to make a decision and carry it through. This virtue, like most virtues, is ambiguity itself. People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny can only continue to believe this by becoming specialists in self-deception. Their decisions are not really decisions at all—a real decision makes one humble, one knows that it is at the mercy of more things than can be named—but elaborate systems of evasion, of illusion, designed to make themselves and the world appear to be what they and the world are not. This is certainly what my decision, made so long ago in Joey’s bed, came to. I had decided to allow no room in the universe for something which shamed and frightened me. I succeeded very well—by not looking at the universe, by not looking at myself, by remaining, in effect, in constant motion."

"Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself."

"Strange, what being forced to slow down could do to a person."

"Shock is a merciful condition. It allows you to get through disaster with a necessary distance between you and your feelings."

"Do you know what you're saying when you say, "Whatever"? It's just a code word for the f-word, followed by "you." And at your age, you never, ever. say that to anyone.' " Blaze leaned back. "So now, when someone says it to me, I just say, 'You too.' (72)"

"To live greatly, we must develop the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and triumph with humility."

"Real life is messy, inconsistent, and it's seldom when anything ever really gets resolved. It's taken me a long time to realize that."