I can remember walking as a child. It was not customary to say you were fatigued. It was customary to complete the goal of the expedition. —Katharine Hepburn More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In this age, the mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. —John Stuart Mill More about this quote Tags: fitting in nonconformity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot. —Czeslaw Milosz More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Maybe growing up was really nothing more than growing away: from your old life, from your old self, from all those things that kept you tethered to your past. —Jennifer E. Smith in This is What Happy Looks Like More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When you're not sure whether you're in love with someone or not, the answer is not. —Deb Caletti in The Secret Life of Prince Charming More about this quote Tags: love certainty Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
As I look back on my life, I realize that every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better. —Steve Maraboli More about this quote Tags: life acceptance perspective rejection Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Even when we were standing in church and I was getting ready to take my vow I can remember wishing that you were standing there instead of him. —Nicholas Sparks in The Best of Me More about this quote Tags: love relationships regret church marriage Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I think about how we can't always live in the moment because moments pass, and when we're lucky, we have the kind of moments that we can't help wanting to go back to. We think about them, remember how they felt, and when more time passes we tell stories of these moments that are worth reliving. —Dana Reinhardt in How to Build a House More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
How could two people who were so in love not end up happily ever after? It had to work. Didn't it? —Elizabeth Gilbert in Love More about this quote Tags: love inevitability ever after Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Just because you're from a small town doesn't mean that you're small. Don't ever think anyone's more important than you are or has more valid experiences. —Gwendolyn Heasley in A Long Way from You More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
2 is not equal to 3, not even for large values of 2. —Grabel's Law More about this quote Tags: laws math Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is fun to be in the same decade with you. —Franklin D. Roosevelt More about this quote Tags: time companionship fun Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space. —Douglas Adams More about this quote Tags: wonder space universe infinity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad to realize that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days. —Garrison Keillor More about this quote Tags: memory death fondness funerals Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark. —Dick Gregory More about this quote Tags: poverty race Christmas Santa Claus whiteness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email