Badette > Badette's Quotes

“Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them—if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“It strikes me that I cannot claim this country’s serene coves and sun-soaked beaches without also claiming its poverty, its problems, its history. To say that any aspect of it is part of me is to say that all of it is part of me.”
― Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing

“Life is full of dragons. The longer they live, the bigger they become, feeding off our misfortunes, resentments, and sense of helplessness. Stare them down. Look directly into their big, terrible eyes. There, you will see your own reflection. Our challenges are mirrors, exposing our vulnerabilities, insecurities, weaknesses, and fears. As hard as it may be, don’t turn away. See them, examine them, meet your fears with curiosity, and you will discover a way forward. It’s entirely possible that your courage will be rewarded with opportunities for personal or professional growth that would have been hidden from you otherwise.”
― Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track Your Past, Order Your Present, Plan Your Future

“You must admit I have a right to live in a pigsty if I want.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

“I'm going up to my room now, where I may die.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

“Yes, you are nosy. You're a dreadfully nosy, horribly bossy, appallingly clean old woman. Control yourself. You're victimizing us all.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

“Finite does not mean much if you can't tell any practical difference between it and infinite.”
― Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

“Yet a strange hope remains. A hope that somehow, something, God, the demon, Ahura Mazda, someone, will see I'm trying. I'm really trying, and that will be enough.”
― Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

“Cicada

Sick of his own face,
sick of his skin, of the dark,
he crawls outside himself
to sing–

a better poet than most.”
― Hosho McCreesh

“They were monsters!" Rin shrieked. "They were not human!"

"Have you ever considered" he said slowly "that that was exactly what they thought of us?”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War

“Children ceased to be children when you put a sword in their hands. When you taught them to fight a war, then you armed them and put them on the front lines, they were not children anymore. They were soldiers.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War

“They will not use my tears for their entertainment.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“I love you like all-fire.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“But she was smarter than me, or luckier. She's the one who finally kept that sun from rising.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“. Nothing you can take from me was ever worth keeping.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“With that, she condemns me to life.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“And that’s part of our trouble. Thinking things are inevitable. Not believing change is possible.” “I guess. But I can’t really imagine the sun not rising tomorrow.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“If there's one thing I learned from Rodrick, it's to set people's expectations real low so you end up surprising them by practically doing nothing at all.”
― Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid

“Dear Aunt Loretta,
Thank you so much for the awesome pants!
How did you know I wanted that for Christmas?
I love the way the pants look on my legs!
All my friends will be so jealous that I have my very own pants.
Thank you for making this the best Christmas ever!
Sincerely, Greg”
― Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid

“It's not easy to writing thank-you notes for the stuff you didn't want in the first place.”
― Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid

“The only reason I get out of bed at all on weekends is because eventually I can't stand the taste of my own breath any more.”
― Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid

“Mom is always saying I'm a smart kid, but that I just don't apply myself.”
― Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid

“I got to give mom credit for how she handled it.She didn't try to pry and get all the details. All she said was that I should try to do "the right thing" because it's our choices that make us who we are. I figure that's pretty decent advice. But I'm still not 100% sure what I'm going to do tomorrow.”
― Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid

“I'm having a seriously hard time getting used to the fact that summer is over and I have to get out of bed every morning to go to school.”
― Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid

“Tama na sa akin 'yung maligaya ako paminsan-minsan. Para kapag malungkot ako, masasabi ko sa sarili ko: Minsan naman, maligaya rin ako.”
― Lualhati Bautista, Bata, Bata... Pa'no Ka Ginawa?

“Sabi ng nanay ko, 'yan daw totoo... di raw dapat ikahiya!"

"E kung magnanakaw ka, di mo ikakahiya?"

"Sabi ng nanay ko, kung ikakahiya mo... h'wag mong gagawin!”
― Lualhati Bautista, Bata, Bata... Pa'no Ka Ginawa?

“Hindi achievement ang tawag ko sa gano'n. Suwertihan lang 'yong ipinanganak ka nang maganda. Ang achievement e something you work hard to attain.”
― Lualhati Bautista, Bata, Bata... Pa'no Ka Ginawa?

“Look what's happening around us: war, hunger, poverty, epidemics... tapos, ang iniisip natin, pagandahan? My God, Pilar; ang importante sa tao'y ang kabuuan niya bilang tao... hindi kung maganda ba ang mukha niya o makinis ba ang kanyang binti!”
― Lualhati Bautista, Bata, Bata... Pa'no Ka Ginawa?

“You, who know all the secrets of life, tell me how to charm Sibyl Vane to love me! I want to make Romeo jealous, I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter, and grow sad. I want a breath of our passion to stir their dust into consciousness, to wake their ashes into pain. My God, Harry, how I worship her!”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“I have always been disturbed by this transition, by the reality that often the only way to capture someone’s attention and to encourage them to recognize their own internal biases (and to work to alter them) is to confront them with sensational stories of suffering. Why is my humanity only seen or cared about when I share the ways in which I have been victimized and violated?”
― Vivek Shraya , I'm Afraid of Men.