Marieke Nijkamp > Quotes

“We're more than our mistakes. We're more than what people expect of us.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“You can't always keep your loved ones with you. You can't always settle your life in one place. The world was made to change. But as long as you cherish the memories and make new ones along on the way, no matter where you are, you'll always be at home.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“I didn't need to die for him to kill me.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“I never realized that courage was so terrifying.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“Grief is one big, gaping hole, isn’t it? It’s everywhere and all consuming. Some days you think you can’t go on because the only thing waiting for you is more despair. Some days you don’t want to go on because it’s easier to give up than to get hurt again.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“You can do far more than you ever imagined.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“Together we could be so strong, but the gun has made us individuals.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“Dad always told me there are more stories in the universe than stars in the sky. And in every story, there's the light of hope. That's why the seniors sent lanterns up to the sky-to make sure the darkness is never absolute.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“It’s easier to know who I’m not than to know who I am. When everyone expects me to fail, it’s easier to give up than to try.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“We’re more than our mistakes. We’re more than what people expect of us. I have to believe that.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“And I know the auditorium may be big enough to hold a thousand students, but it's too small to hide just one.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“Everyone has a reason to fear the boy with the gun”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“there were two types of people in this world: those who belong to the soil and the good, rich earth, planting their seeds to blossom, and those who belong to the road and the endless horizons, carrying their home on their shoulders wherever they go.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“We’ll watch the stars fade and the moon disappear. We’ll watch the sun set fire to the horizon. And we’ll talk about the future one last time before it’s actually upon us.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“You have to ask yourself how you can become the best you can be.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“The only two people who matter now are in front of me- the boy who broke me and the girl who put me back together.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“It was the truest thing she said that night, as we both lied to each other.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“You can't always keep your loved ones with you. You can't always settle your life in one place. The world was made to change. But as long as you cherish the memories and make new ones along the way, no matter where you are, you'll always be at home.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“One step after another after another. It doesn't matter what comes next as long as I keep moving forward.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“The only things that give us purpose are the stories that tie us together. We”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“I don’t feel panic or shock. There’s just a sense of defeat. This is it.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“Love me or hate me if you want, I don't care. But do it for all that I am, with all that I am.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, Before I Let Go

“This is how I shape our future.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“She refuses to share her grief with me - or anyone. Even when she smiles, she isn't the girl she used to be.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“You can do far more than you ever imagined. If you don’t believe that, at least believe me.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“I launch myself at Tomás. I want to pound his chest and tell him he was a fool for risking himself. He shouldn’t have done it for me. Never for me. But my arms wrap around his shoulders. He smells of horses and home. He startles—then he returns the hug. My brother. No matter how far I push him away, he will pick me up again and piece me together. “Te extrañé.” I whisper the words into his chest. “I missed you too,” he replies. His voice brims with feelings.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“But I want my life to have meaning because I give it meaning, not because someone else says that it does. I want my life to mean something because I create. Because I love. Because I make the world a better place.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, Before I Let Go

“The only things that give us purpose are the stories that tie us together.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“Terror is our strongest force because we're only afraid when we have something to lose - our lives, our loves. . . our dignity.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“Death is a thief... It slips into our lives and steals what we care about most. It breaks us, and even when we piece ourselves together again, the pain remains.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, Before I Let Go