Nobody Quotes
Understandably she had a lot of suitors, just like any other girls in China with two arms and legs.
Lately, I couldn't remember those years, as if childhood was a movie I'd only seen the previews to.
And kindness is a weakness. I can see that now. But it's a weakness I'm still not sure I'd want to give up entirely .
loneliness doesn't kill you, but it becomes extremely different when you find it among the crowd.
Loneliness is not a result of physical isolation
There are two circumstances that lead to arrogance: one is when you're wrong and you can't face it
The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did--which was to hide.
Human evolution has two steps - from being somebody to being nobody
The best advice is not to write what you know, it's to write what you like. Write the kind of story you like best- write the story you want to read.
None of us know how to fix ourselves, at least not entirely, not well enough.
I met a few chimpanzees on my pilgrimages and I wasn't sure if they were just shrivelled-up villagers or chimps...
I might have to rescind my no-love rule, " she said, a cookie in each hand. "Cookies are my sweet spot.' He smiled. "They're not your only sweet spot.
Her heart did a slow roll in her chest. "I'm yours, " she whispered. "For the duration." "Yes, but more than that, I'm yours, " he said, quiet steel.
Are you okay?" "Fan-fricking-tastic. Only way today could get better is if I were scheduled for an appendectomy. Without drugs. In a third-world country.
That boy never seemed to smile and he wore long sleeves year-round, and I was not so different from him—we were both unable to get near the real life in life.
You can not go back. That's why it's hard to choose. You have to make the right choice. As long, as you don't choose, everything remains possible.
An imperfect human heart, perfectly shattered, was her conclusion. A condition so common as to be virtually universal, rendering issues of right and wrong almost incidental.
I couldn't blame anyone for what was in me, because I am, like everyone, populated entirely by myself.
Everyone wants to feel like they could destroy a small-to-medium-to-large part of someone who loves them.
I was thinking about stabbing myself in the face—not actually considering stabbing myself in the face, but thinking that it would be a physical expression of how I felt.
On Tuesday, December 7th, a lot of good things happened: they took the trach out, took the cast off my leg and my PT, Maria, had me standing.
On the fifth day, they told my parents I was on the bottom of the chart, and there was nothing else they could do.
Some of the things that contributed to my positive attitude were rejoicing, smiling and acknowledging every small step I had made.
Riley, you're the Devil, and I'd gladly sell you my soul, if you didn't already own it..." - Luc Wade
I wondered for a moment if he was trying to get me to join a cult, but I realized it was just his youth talking, not a dogma.
I thought I detected a bit of wonder in his voice, that he'd like to become part of a story, any story.
She continues to do her best to inspire and make others smile with her attitude of "it can always get better.
I never thought I'd be a teacher, but when I started doing it, I fell in love with it.
I never was so immensely tickled by anything I had ever said before. I actually woke up twice during the night, and laughed till the bed shook.
You want to come back to the bank vault?” Jack says.The bank vault. That’s what Jack calls his house.
They had both wanted it to happen and they both wished it had not
Partying and dancing have never been my thing, but drinking I could do with reasonable familiarity and skills. I decided to begin there.
If you have one person you’re influenced by, everyone will say you’re the next whoever. But if you rip off a hundred people, everyone will say you're so original.
Managing games comes second. Managing people comes first.
On Tuesday December seventh a lot of good things happened: they took the trach out, took the cast off my leg, and my PT, Maria, had me standing.
Pet, I give you permission to be as vocal as you wish, because I am going to blow your mind in a few minutes and I want to hear how much you enjoy the ride.
Having to fight for the thing you want doesn't mean you deserve it any less.
Girls should be strong together. Strong like steel, merry like the tinkling of chimes dancing in the wind.