Mel > Mel's Quotes

“Life doesn't have to be so planned. Just roll with it and let it happen.”
― Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before

“...Our heats want the good to win. We're still afraid, we still make mistakes, but if we listen to what our hearts want, we will find the right way.”
― C.C. Hunter, Born at Midnight

“Sometimes, when I have to do something I don't want to do, I pretend I'm a character from a book. It's easier to know what they would do.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“Every person has the power to change their fate if they are brave enough to fight for what they desire more than anything.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“You don't always need to know your destination when you set out on a journey.”
― Carole Wilkinson, Dragon Moon

“Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess

“All answers lie beyond the gate of experience.”
― Carole Wilkinson, Dragon Keeper

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
― Lao Tzu

“Don't be cautious. Be careful,' she reminds me. Cautious people are afraid of the unknown and avoid it. Careful people plan so that they're more confident when they face the unknown.”
― Jenn Bennett, Starry Eyes

“I think I've made a mistake.'
'Then make it into something better.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“Seize the wind," I whispered. "Don't become the kite that never flies.”
― Elizabeth Lim, Spin the Dawn

“Sometimes finding the way is tricky, but you always do. As long as you don't give up.”
― Elizabeth Lim, Spin the Dawn

“You love me. Real or not real?"
I tell him, "Real.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.”
― Walt Disney Company, Mulan

“It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince

“It is very hard to be human, little fox. Even the humans themselves don’t do a great job of it.”
― Julie Kagawa, Shadow of the Fox

“The spider does not spin its web in a heartbeat, nor does the albatross fly across oceans with a few flaps of its wings. Many would consider what they do impossible, and yet, they still complete their tasks without fail, because they simply...start.”
― Julie Kagawa, Shadow of the Fox

“All souls have a destiny. Some are simply brighter than others.”
― Julie Kagawa, Soul of the Sword

“All the money, all the power—none of it compares to a good book. A book gives you everything. It gives you a window into other souls, other worlds. The world is a door. Books are the key.”
― Maureen Johnson, The Vanishing Stair

“I don’t have to be so afraid of good-bye, because good-bye doesn’t have to be forever.”
― Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before

“When someone's been gone a long time, at first you save up all the things you want to tell them. You try to keep track of everything in your head. But it's like trying to hold on to a fistful of sand: all the little bits slip out of your hands, and then you're just clutching air and grit. That's why you can't save it all up like that.

Because by the time you finally see each other, you're catching up only on the big things, because it's too much bother to tell about the little things. But the little things are what make up life.”
― Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before

“Smirking, he says, "Whatever spell you just tried to cast on me, it didn't work, so I think you need to go back to Hogwarts.”
― Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before

“Stevie woke the next morning, which was a good start. When things are bad, give yourself a point for everything.”
― Maureen Johnson, The Vanishing Stair

“It will be dangerous but I do not mind dangerous. I am brave.”
― Joseph Elliot, The Good Hawk

“I don’t feel particularly brave.
None of the bravest people do.”
― Joseph Elliot, The Good Hawk

“My only regrets are the moments when i doubted myself and took the safe route. Life is too short to waste time being unhappy.”
― Dan Howell

“You are a human with one life and its up to you to make it the best life you can.”
― Dan Howell

“It's so important to know you should be happy and proud of who you are.”
― Dan Howell

“Embrace the void and have the courage to exist.”
― Dan Howell

“You should never make fun of something that a person can't change about themselves.”
― Phil Lester