Katie > Katie's Quotes

“We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Look at the path ahead of you. I want you to keep your eyes dead ahead, stay on path, and not take your eyes off your end goal. Following that path with focus and dedication will be your best route to the top.”
― Liz Green, Forget the Yellow Brick Road

“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Nothing in life is worth,
turning your back on,
if you love it.”
― Albert Camus

“Everyone has a secret, but when it is bound by shame we're forced to live within the darkest circles of our crumbling masks; unable to find the light of the coming dawn; forever locked in the shadows of our own regrets.”
― A.M. Hudson, Tears of the Broken

“Yesterday you asked me what the purpose of life is. I've thought about that ever since. I think it's to do good no matter what life throws at you, to not let the pain turn you bitter. It's something we have to learn, something we have to make ourselves become...Little kids don't have to learn it. They already know.”
― Janette Rallison, Just One Wish

“Perhaps I wasn't going crazy after all. Perhaps I was just becoming a writer. ”
― Janette Rallison, Just One Wish

“People weren't firecrackers who burst into the night sky with brilliance and glory, and a moment later faded away to nothing. Our souls had to be more lasting than that.”
― Janette Rallison, Just One Wish

“Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole and once it has done so, he/she will have to accept that his life will be radically changed.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“That's the thing about the internet. It's really good at giving you pointless facts like how many horses a star owns, but not important things like how to invade his trailer.”
― Janette Rallison, Just One Wish

“Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.”
― C.S. Lewis

“I think that love is like candy."
"I don't like candy either," I say.
He smiles at me and shakes his head. "I think anyone who says they don't like candy just hasn't found the right flavor.”
― Heather Hepler, Love? Maybe.

“I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

“Death is Peaceful, Life is Harder”
― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

“I’m just going to do what I want now, and let the chips fall where they may.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

“I can feel what you’re feeling now — and you are worth it.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

“I know love and lust don't always keep the same company.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

“The right thing isn't always real obvious. Sometimes the right thing for one person is the wrong thing for someone else. So...good luck figuring that out.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

“Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

“When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it’s not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end.”
― Stephanie Meyer, Twilight

“But a small part of him also knew that the reason he'd never ventured anywhere was because of the worry that the reality of the world wouldn't match up to his dreams.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, You Are Here

“There are certain things in life that you'll be forgiven for, no matter how thoughtless or stupid or reckless, but if you do that same thing twice, you're on your own.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, You Are Here

“That was the thing about playing with a band, Peter thought. There was always someone else to rescue you when it seemed certain you might fall behind. Only the solo acts left themselves open to those kinds of disasters.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, You Are Here

“It wasn't that we forgot. But things like that sometimes get stored away, and there never seems to be a good time to dig them up again. It hurts a lot less to keep them buried. That doesn't make it right, but it's just the way it is.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, You Are Here

“Some things are more precious because they don't last long.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“We're all here to take care of ourselves, and ourselves only. This is how I look at it: if a gunman rampaged through the flats, I'd barricade Mum and me in our place and forget about anyone else on our floor. If the gunman broke into our flat then I'm not entirely sure I'd take a bullet for Mum, or vice versa. When it comes down to it, we're all on our own. Once you realise that, life becomes simpler.”
― Leanne Hall, This Is Shyness

“My problems are like waves - just as one disappears with a snarl and a hiss there’s another shaping up to knock me down.”
― Fiona Wood, Six Impossible Things

“Guys, please, one life-changing shock at a time, I felt like saying.”
― Fiona Wood, Six Impossible Things

“Sometimes words just don't get you there... don't let you say all the stuff from deep in your heart, stuff that no dictionary has a name for.”
― Bill Condon, A Straight Line to My Heart

“A text message has no soul, no matter how many commas you shift.”
― Vikki Wakefield, All I Ever Wanted