Ben Mikaelsen > Quotes

“You were born original don't die a copy”
― Ben Mikaelsen

“Whatever you do to the animals, you do to yourself.”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

“He turned to Edwin. "You know, the stuff you just told me makes more sense than all the weird things the counselors and psychologist have told me in school and at the detention center."

Edwin tapped Cole's shoulder with the broken stick. "That's because those people still think you can get rid of the left end of the stick.”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

“all my parents do is drink. They hate me. Do you know what it's like waking up every morning knowing you're not good enough? there are only two things wrong with me-everything I do and everything I say. They'll never be happy until I'm dead”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

“What you focus on becomes reality. Everybody carries anger inside. But also happiness. Those who focus on anger will always be angry. Those who focus on happiness will-”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

“Anger is a memory never forgotten. You only tame it.”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

“Writing is storytelling and all of us are authors, not just of words but of reality. You are the author of your life, so go out and live! Then never quit writing about it!”
― Ben Mikaelson

“As Cole left school that day with Peter, they stopped beside the bulldog statue.
"You two are wrecking our school!" shouted one of the jocks walking by.
"You can't wreck something that's already wrecked!" Peter shouted back angrily.
"Hey, Peter, we're Spirit Bears," Cole reminded his friend. "Spirit Bears are strong, gentle, and kind."
Peter thought a moment. "You got mauled, so that proves they can get ticked off too.”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Ghost of Spirit Bear

“Why live if you can’t help others and make the world a better place?”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

“i'm no indian!”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

“Animals can teach us more about ourselves than any teacher.”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

“How much of the world did people miss because they were not calm enough, empty enough, to experience it?”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

“People change two ways --- with slow persistent pressure, or with a single and sudden traumatic experience.”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

“Whatever you do to the animals, you do to yourself. Remember that.”
― Ben Mikaelsen

“Happiness, like anger, is also a habit. You learn to be happy one day at a time. But habits change hard.”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

“No matter what people say to
you,be strong!”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Red Midnight: A Middle Grade Novel About Sibling Survival and an Impossible Ocean Journey for Kids

“Animals can teach us more about ourselves than any teacher.” He”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

“when the ground is torn up, that’s when you plant seeds.”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Ghost of Spirit Bear

“You’ve changed, but you have to decide what you’re going to do around people who haven’t changed.”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Ghost of Spirit Bear

“You do not have the right to destroy someone else’s dignity because you have none yourself!”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Ghost of Spirit Bear

“Simple question,' Uncle Todd repeated. 'Do you deserve respect?'
'Yeah,' Dylan answered.
'Well, you're never deserving of any more respect in life than you give. I don't see you showing the world much respect. Until you show the world respect, the world won't respect you, and neither will I.”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Jungle of Bones

“You have to want to be happy—some people don’t.”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Ghost of Spirit Bear

“catching up to Edwin until they reached the trees. Edwin turned to Cole. “Nobody’s going to baby-sit you here.”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

“Our differences should be our strength, not why we fight.”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Ghost of Spirit Bear

“Do you know what it’s like waking up every morning knowing you’re not good enough? There are only two things wrong with me—everything I do and everything I say. They’ll never be happy until I’m dead.”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

“That’s how Cole felt—he didn’t owe anyone anything. Nobody had ever cared for him, so why should he care about anyone else?”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

“A good day wasn’t a day without clouds but rather a day when one focused on finding the sunlight behind the clouds.”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Ghost of Spirit Bear

“Teachers have the right to teach and students have the right to learn. Nobody has the right to take away those rights. Nobody.”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Ghost of Spirit Bear

“Diminish anything around you and you diminish yourself.”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Ghost of Spirit Bear

“All my life I’ve been dumped on.”
― Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear