Noa C. Walker > Quotes

“Isn’t it amazing how quickly life can go from perfection to utter chaos? One minute you feel safe and carefree, and the next, fate knocks you down without mercy. Why is life that way? I don’t know. Perhaps to teach us to appreciate the good times, to see them and taste them. Because how could we, if we didn’t know the flipside? Light, happy colors get lost if there’s no gray or black in the painting of our life.”
― Noa C. Walker, You, Me, and the Colors of Life

“with enough love and care, even the tiniest seed could grow into a strong tree.”
― Noa C. Walker, You, Me, and the Colors of Life

“Next, we want to help them through the turbulence of becoming adults, and then we don’t want to miss out on the grandchildren. And then? Travel, perhaps? Discover the world, take up painting, and volunteer somewhere so we feel we’re still needed? Tell me, when is the right time? And what is the best way to go? A sudden accident? An unexpected heart attack? Or knowing that death is near, giving you the chance to say good-bye? It’s always hard. How lucky that death isn’t the final chapter in our lives.”
― Noa C. Walker, You, Me, and the Colors of Life

“Problems, pain, and suffering are all part of the human condition. Not only so we know what happiness is, but also because they build character, change us, teach us.”
― Noa C. Walker, You, Me, and the Colors of Life

“People’s hearts were sick in this regard, having been lulled into believing that everyone must be fit, beautiful, and perfectly healthy at all times.”
― Noa C. Walker, You, Me, and the Colors of Life

“Was that what love looked like? Putting yourself second, supporting your partner without reservations, suffering through tough times side by side, working on yourself, celebrating everything you had in common while giving your partner the freedom to retain their idiosyncrasies?”
― Noa C. Walker, You, Me, and the Colors of Life

“Wir Menschen sind wie Schneekristalle. Oberflächlich betrachtet sehen wir alle gleich aus, werden geboren, schweben durch unser Leben, manchmal von heftigen Böen geschüttelt, werden ganz woanders hingetrieben, als wir uns das eigentlich vorgestellt hatten, und schließlich sterben wir. Bei näherer Betrachtung sieht man jedoch die filigrane Einzigartigkeit. Bei jeder Schneeflocke, bei jedem Menschen.”
― Noa C. Walker, Der Tanz unseres Lebens

“Für die wirklich wichtigen und wertvollen Dinge im Leben lohnt es sich zu kämpfen. Mit Ausdauer und Hingabe, mit Geduld und Liebe. Achten wir die Geschenke, die uns nicht einfach in den Schoß gefallen sind, sondern für die wir uns ordentlich ins Zeug legen mussten, nicht viel mehr? Hat nicht die Freude an ihnen länger Bestand? Hegen und pflegen wir sie nicht intensiver und mit viel mehr Hingabe?”
― Noa C. Walker, Der Tanz unseres Lebens

“What do you mean? He'll never be the same?

No, he won't. Profound events like the one your bother's going through change people. They leave a mark. Sensitive people who have experiences that try to drag their soul down a dark hole never come back the way they were before - but they do have a chance to come back even better.”
― Noa C. Walker, You, Me, and the Colors of Life

“Und ich glaube fest daran, dass Liebe die größte Macht auf Erden ist. Liebe heilt.”
― Noa C. Walker, Der Tanz unseres Lebens