Julie Johnson > Quotes

“Just fuck me up.
A caffeine-addict placing an order with the barista.”
― Julie Johnson

“No matter what happens, no matter how scared you are, you can’t let fear shut you down forever. So you give it five seconds — you let it own you, control you, take hold of every one of your senses. But only for those five, finite seconds. You breathe them in, count them down. And when they’re over..” I dragged a ragged breath through my mouth. “You tell the fear to go fuck itself.”
― Julie Johnson

“Life is one long series of punches to the gut. You either learn how to duck, or you figure out how to hit back. I’ve been hitting back so long, at this point I’ve got a mean left hook and more than my fair share of scars.”
― Julie Johnson, One Good Reason

“There's a song for every feeling, Bee. Every tear, every smile, every heartbreak and every victory. Music ignites the soul and strips us bare. It's our very essence. Even if you have no one else to turn to and you feel all alone, remember that you can always find comfort in ballads and melodies, serenades and love songs.”
― Julie Johnson

“Quite the opposite actually. I think having hope is one of the most important things you can do. Once you let go of it, despair takes over. Despair will kill you quicker than hope ever could. So if you're going to hold onto something...I'm glad it's that.”
― Julie Johnson, Uncharted

“Marriage (noun): betting someone half your stuff that you'll love them forever.”
― Julie Johnson

“I’d felt it – that moment when a person you need more than air or water or sustenance steps into your orbit and everything subtly shifts, like a camera finally sliding into focus. That person, who used to mean less than nothing, enters your life and rearranges your entire atmosphere around them, as if every atom and cell that makes you you isn’t your property anymore. Suddenly, every part of you becomes theirs – your particles dissembled and rearranged to align perfectly with someone who you don’t even know or understand yet. You cease to exist as you once were, and that person who meant nothing is suddenly, overwhelmingly, everything.”
― Julie Johnson

“Until he taught me to fl, I didn't realize how deep beneath the earth I'd buried my hopes and dreams.”
― Julie Johnson

“See, I have this theory that humans are just living, breathing, talking forms of art, each crafted with a different technique and carved out of different materials. Each beautiful in their own way. And sure, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and totally subjective, and changes depending on your circumstance, yada-yada-yada… but most of the time, it’s pretty easy to classify people. Like, okay, you know those women who are gorgeous and never know it? Or the men who pass quietly through life, handsome and unnoticed, never begging for attention or crying out for recognition? Those are your watercolors. And the loud, vivacious, gorgeous-and-they-know-it creatures, with bright lipstick and closets full of bold colors and outfits they never wear twice? Acrylics. The graceful, elegant, aging beauties you pick out in the crowd, or across the cafe, the lines on their faces telling a story you just know you’d want to hear, with so many layers and smudges, twists and turns, you’re not even sure where they begin? Charcoals. Then, you’ve got the big-picture-beautiful people, with the collection of interesting features that together make a beautiful face. They’re your oil paintings — best from ten feet away and, at the end of the day, kind of funny looking if you lean closer and analyze all their elements separately. But I’m quickly learning that Chase Croft doesn’t fit any of my categories. He isn’t a brushstroke on canvas, or bumpy layers of paint on a palette, or imperfect lines scratched inside a sketchbook. His features aren’t just gorgeous as a collective — he’s one of those annoyingly attractive people whose every feature is equally stunning. He’s a sculpture.”
― Julie Johnson

“See, I have this theory that humans are just living, breathing, talking forms of art, each crafted with a different technique and carved out of different materials. Each beautiful in their own way.”
― Julie Johnson

“Wyatt’s lips flatten into a serious line. His voice goes low, laced with passion. “Marrying one woman doesn’t mean spending your life with one woman, because the funny girl you fall in love with on a first date at twenty-eight eventually becomes the fascinating creature you propose to at thirty, then evolves into the stunning bride you wait for at the end of an aisle at thirty-two, and finally grows into the astounding mother to your children at thirty-four. By forty, she has blossomed into the businesswoman, the force to be reckoned with. By the time you’re fifty or sixty or seventy or a hundred, she’s been everything — your wife, your lover, your friend, your companion, your sous-chef, your travel partner, your life coach, your confidant, your cheerleader, your critic, your most stalwart advisor. She grows with you. She changes with you. She is always stable, but never stagnant. She is not one woman. She is a thousand versions of herself, a multitude of layers, an infinite ocean whose depths you plumb over a lifetime, whose many treasures and intricacies, quirks and idiosyncrasies you need an entire marriage to explore.” His voice softens. “A man should be so lucky to spend his life stuck with one woman such as that.”
-Julie Johnson, "The Monday Girl”
― Julie Johnson

“Wenn du ihn willst, sag es ihm. Wenn du dir dein Leben ohne ihn nicht vorstellen kannst, bring es in Ordnung. Egal wie schwer es ist, egal was ihr euch gegenseitig angetan habt, um euch zu verletzen. Wenn du in liebst, musst du es versuchen

- Carter Thorne”
― Julie Johnson, Sordid Empire

“No matter what happens, no matter how scared you are, you can't let fear shut you down forever. So you give it five seeconds - you let it own you, control you, take hold of every one of your senses. But only for those five, finite seconds. You breathe them in, count them down. And when they're over...you tell the fear to go fuck itself.”
― Julie Johnson

“We may've been lost on this island, but I found myself in you. And I’m never letting you go. Not now. Not ever.”
― Julie Johnson

“For the possibility of something truly wonderful. Because a life without hope, without love… that’s really no life at all.”
― Julie Johnson

“Marrying one woman doesn’t mean spending your life with one woman, because the funny girl you fall in love with on a first date at twenty-eight eventually becomes the fascinating creature you propose to at thirty, then evolves into the stunning bride you wait for at the end of an aisle at thirty-two, and finally grows into the astounding mother to your children at thirty-four. By forty, she has blossomed into the businesswoman, the force to be reckoned with. By the time you’re fifty or sixty or seventy or a hundred, she’s been everything — your wife, your lover, your friend, your companion, your sous-chef, your travel partner, your life coach, your confidant, your cheerleader, your critic, your most stalwart advisor. She grows with you. She changes with you. She is always stable, but never stagnant. She is not one woman. She is a thousand versions of herself, a multitude of layers, an infinite ocean whose depths you plumb over a lifetime, whose many treasures and intricacies, quirks and idiosyncrasies you need an entire marriage to explore.” His voice softens. “A man should be so lucky to spend his life stuck with one woman such as that.”
― Julie Johnson

“This is why I have trust issues.
-A girl realizing her shampoo will never make her look like the model in the advertisement”
― Julie Johnson

“The heart isn’t like the liver; it doesn’t regenerate, no matter how much time passes. Once it’s gone, it’s gone for good.”
― Julie Johnson

“Whatever.” I shrug. “It’s good, I guess, but if given the choice, I’d still pick, like, a Kristen Ashley book any day of the week.”
― Julie Johnson

“Without the dark, there's no light”
― Julie Johnson

“„Hör auf. Du kannst über jedes ›Aber‹ und ›Was wäre wenn‹ und ›Wenn ich nur‹ auf der Welt nachgrübeln, nur ändert sich dadurch nicht das Geringste. Was passiert ist, ist passiert. Du kannst dich nicht ewig wegen Dingen quälen, die in der Vergangenheit passiert sind. Nicht, wenn du weitermachen und vorankommen willst.«

- Carter Thorne”
― Julie Johnson, Sordid Empire

“Comparing Lexi to myself was like comparing the sun to the moon: her, a warm life-producing star around which everyone orbits, and me, a solitary, barren moon, brightened only by others’ reflected light and riddled with craters.”
― Julie Johnson

“I think we need sadness and pain and horror, otherwise all the joy we experience means nothing. If you never feel fear, you can't be courageous enough to overcome it.”
― Julie Johnson

“Marriage (noun): betting someone half your stuff that you’ll love them forever”
― Julie Johnson

“Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.”
― Julie Johnson, Last Stand: Protected Areas and the Defense of Tropical Biodiversity

“Because when you walk away from your soulmate - when you take real, true love and throw it in the fire and watch as it burns down to ashes - you know you'll never be the same again. The heart isn't like the liver, it doesn't regenerate, no matter how much time passes. Once it's gone, it's gone for good.”
― Julie Johnson

“Love isn't some unavoidable destiny, some fate you can't sidestep - It's a choice you make - and keep making - every day of your life.”
― Julie Johnson