It's strange that I could have laughed so hard under those circumstances, during that very dark moment in my life. But I've decided sorrow can make things funnier. Endure enough hardship, and you start really needing a good laugh. —Katherine Center in How to Walk Away More about this quote Tags: laughter sorrow loss funny Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered. —Tom Stoppard More about this quote Tags: memory progress smell burning bridges Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Because life is like that, isn't it? If you thought of all the tiny things that divert your path one way or another, some good, some bad, you'd never do anything ever again. And some people don't. Some people go through life not really deciding to do much, not wanting to, always too fearful of the consequences to try something new. Of course, that in itself is also a decision. —Jenny Colgan in The Bookshop on the Corner More about this quote Tags: life good consequences deciding Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Don't you find it odd that when you're a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams. But when you're older, somehow they act offended if you even try. —Ethan Hawke in The Hottest State More about this quote Tags: optimism age dreams courage dreaming Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You see, for me, memories are difficult. Very often, they hurt. A curious thing about grief is the way it takes your entire life, all those foundational years that made you who you are, and makes them so painful to look back upon because of the absence there, that suddenly they're inaccessible. —Casey McQuiston in White & Royal Blue More about this quote Tags: pain grief absence memories Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When you don't set up something to look forward to, the little things frequently get to you. —Daniel Chidiac in Who Says You Can't? YOU DO More about this quote Tags: optimism future frustration Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years. —Oscar Wilde More about this quote Tags: society age women thirty-five Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It's not enough to find someone you love. You have to be ready for that love, and ready to make changes to welcome it into your life. —Uzma Jalaluddin in Ayesha at Last More about this quote Tags: love change welcoming Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
All movements go too far. —Bertrand Russell More about this quote Tags: politics movement Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
This had always frightened her about marriage: how satisfied married people seemed, how unable they were to ask for more. She couldn't imagine feeling satisfied. —Brit Bennett in The Mothers More about this quote Tags: fear satisfaction marriage Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. —Walter Bagehot More about this quote Tags: doing accomplishment people pleasure Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If Pac-Man had affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive electronic music. —Marcus Bridgstocke More about this quote Tags: music kids impressionable electronics videogames Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I can't seem to be a pessimist long enough to overlook the possibility of things being overwhelmingly good. —John Corey Whaley in Where Things Come Back More about this quote Tags: pessimism good possibility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Low self-esteem is the belief that we are not good or worthy enough. It's a self-perception. You can be wealthy, beautiful, or well-liked by others and still don't feel good about yourself. The way other people perceive you doesn't affect your self-esteem. It's how you perceive yourself that matters. —Yong Kang Chan in Empty Your Cup More about this quote Tags: beauty enough perception self-esteem belief wealth worth Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Maybe if you thought about them, people never really disappeared. It sounded so corny, but there was a scientific explanation for it, too. If you believed that thoughts were energy and energy is matter and matter never disappears, then a person can never truly leave you unless you stop thinking about them. Everything you shared with a person is still there swirling around in the universe. —Wendy Wunder in The Probability of Miracles More about this quote Tags: people thoughts loss energy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email