Jamie Ayres > Quotes

“people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Thoughts

“can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Thoughts

“truth is rarely pure and never simple.” —Oscar Wilde”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Truths

“goes on, and we have no control over it.”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Things

“we’re meant to experience life like this, one day at a time, without complete answers to all life’s questions. I”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Things

“now, I know the answer with absolute certainty: the most destructive force isn’t anything you can hold physically with your hands, it’s something you hold in your heart. It’s a tiny five-letter word, not even hard to pronounce: g-u-i-l-t. It kills you slowly from the inside out, and there are no drugs to numb the pain.”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Things

“longest journey commences with a single step, and the first step is always the hardest.”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Things

“is a memory, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift―which is why it is called the present.” ―Unknown”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Things

“we may face numerous problems seeming to contradict God’s plan, these shouldn’t be barriers but opportunities to turn a negative into a positive. It’s”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Things

“you’re going through hell, keep going.” ―Winston Churchill”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Things

“person with no forgiveness in their heart for the things they’ve done is doing nobody any favors. It’s a punishment worse than death, worse than Hell. Is”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Things

“bizarre flatmates and all-night pirate-themed parties are part of the package of student life. But when she meets Aquila, a reckless party-goer with a secret, Ash learns that there’s something else that drew her to the small village of Blackstone: the presence of the Venantium, gatekeepers of the barrier between our world and the Darkworld - the source of magic and the home of demons.”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Things

“all those pills was a terrible mistake. The only thought I had at the time was I’m tired, tired of hurting, tired of guilt, tired of sadness, tired of pain, tired, tired, tired.”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Things

“strange thing about her is that she sometimes draws the future. Only her brother Logan, fighting his cancer diagnosis, knows what she can do. But when a stranger named Ethan appears, determined to protect Caspia and her brother from dangers he won’t explain, she’s not sure what to think. Strangers almost never come to Whitfield. They certainly don’t follow her around, frightening her one moment and treating her like glass the next. And they certainly don’t look exactly like the subject of her most violent drawing.”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Things

“are like stained glass windows; they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true identity is revealed only if there is light within.” —Elizabeth Kubler-Ross”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Thoughts

“you’re going to do something tonight that you’ll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late.” ―Henny Youngman”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Things

“that the true worth of your travels lies not just in where you’ve come to be, but in who you became along the way.” —Linda Staten”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Truths

“you are not responsible for what your dad does. You need to release yourself from that burden. Just like I had to release my guilt over what happened to Conner. And you need to let people love you. You deserve love. But you need to give in order to receive, too.” She”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Things

“I felt inadequate and worthless, I had to remember God’s spirit at work within me.”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Truths

“courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Things

“the truth, even if your voice shakes.”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Truths

“me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.” —Malcolm X”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Thoughts

“secret to peace is to accept and appreciate God’s perfect timing. So know there is light at the end of every long, dark tunnel. Be strong, and wait for a new morning, where fresh opportunity knocks on every door who seeks it.”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Things

“should run deeper than romantic feelings. God’s love never gives up, never fails, and never runs out on you. Remember that.”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Truths

“is fear that has said its prayers.’ But”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Truths

“believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Truths

“used to believe in forever, but forever’s too good to be true.” —Winnie The Pooh”
― Jamie Ayres, 18 Truths