Suzanne Kramb > Suzanne's Quotes

“The marks humans leave are too often scars.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“She knew that this day, this feeling, couldn't last forever. Everything passed; that was partly why it was so beautiful. Things would get difficult again. But that was okay too.

The bravery was in moving forward, no matter what.”
― Lauren Oliver, Panic

“No matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“Our life is made up of time. Our days are measured in hours, our pay measured by those hours, our knowledge is measured by years. [...] And yet time eventually runs out and you wonder in your heart of hearts if those seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years and decades were being spent the best way they possibly could.”
― Cecelia Ahern

“Singleness is the time for "I": invest, imagine, and inspire. Invest in what you want to see grow in your life. Imagine what you could be tomorrow if you started today. And inspire others by using everything you have now to make a difference.”
― Michael Todd, Relationship Goals: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex

“You can choose or let others choose for you. The choice is really yours. Not making a choice is a choice. But so many of us have forgotten that we have a choice - it's a case of learned helplessness.”
― Tonya Dalton, The Joy of Missing Out: Live More by Doing Less

“It's not reality that makes us feel stuck; it's the lens we use to view the world.”
― Tonya Dalton, The Joy of Missing Out: Live More by Doing Less

“You have to take this journey; you have to do the work because this your path. The good, the bad, and teh ugly: it belongs to you. So own it.”
― Tonya Dalton, The Joy of Missing Out: Live More by Doing Less

“Whenever you feel there's something you absolutely must get your hands on, or something you couldn't possibly bear to lose, just try letting it go. Release it instead of holding on. Letting go is wholesome and healing...As soon as we let go of the things we hanker after and set them free, without holding on to anything, we experience freedom and joy that are unmediated and real.”
― Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Sadness, Love, Openness: The Buddhist Path of Joy

“How can we be discovered when we were already here?”
― Jane Ash Poitras

“When you're in the bush, you're not just there to learn how to set a trap, how to hunt moose and caribou or how to set a net. It's about how you take care of yourself and how you deal with yourself in your life.”
― Robert Jimiken

“It's kinda like how we have to do with ourselves. Get rid of the things that don't do us any good. If it won't help the rose grow, you've gotta let it go.”
― Angie Thomas, Concrete Rose

“I'm tired of hearing about all these fucked-up white people who did a bunch of fucked-up stuff, yet people wanna call them heroes”
― Angie Thomas, Concrete Rose

“Keep Pushing Mav," Rico Says ," Tough situations don't last. Tough People Do.”
― Angie Thomas, Concrete Rose

“like to be reminded that beauty can come from much of nothing. To me that’s the whole point of flowers.”
― Angie Thomas, Concrete Rose

“People often learn more from getting an undeserved pass than they would from being punished.”
― Nic Stone, Dear Martin

“You can’t change how other people think and act, but you’re in full control of you. When it comes down to it, the only question that matters is this: If nothing in the world ever changes, what type of man are you gonna be?”
― Nic Stone, Dear Martin

“If I am a sword, I am a sword made of glass, and I feel myself beginning to shatter.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Glass Sword

“We're all born with selfish desires, so we can all relate to those feelings in others. But kindness is something made individually by each person...so it's easy to misunderstand when others are trying to be kind to you.”
― Natsuki Takaya, Fruits Basket Ultimate Edition, Vol. 3

“Shigure: "Lemme guess; you lost your temper and yelled at her again, right? You know, you shouldn't do that if you're just going to regret it. Not too bright, now is it?"
Kyo: "Save your breath. I'm just not meant to get along with other people. Period. End of story."
Shigure: "Oh sure, some people just aren't. But you're not one of them. You lack experience, that's all. For example, I'm sure you could smash this table to bits with your bare hands. But I'm equally sure you could punch the table without breaking it. And why is that? Because I know your training has taught you to control your fists... at least I should hope so, after four months of fighting bears and-"
Kyo: "I didn't fight bears!"
Shigure: "My point is, it takes just as much training to get along with people. Only, training by yourself in the mountains won't do you any good. You need to surround yourself with others. As you get to know them, of course you take the chance that you'll end up hurting them, or they'll end up hurting you. One of those things might very well happen. That's the only way we learn... about others, and about ourselves. You're a black-belt in martial arts, but I'd guess you still a white-belt in social skills. Someday, you're going to meet someone that truly wants to be your friend, and you, theirs. But it if you don't keep training, you won't be ready when that happens."
Kyo: "It'll never happen, anyways!"
Shigure: "Uh-uh! Never say never."
Kyo: "Ok, fine. Maybe if I meet someone with brain-damage... or something."
Shigure: "That's the spirit!”
― Natsuki Takaya, Fruits Basket, Vol. 1

“As you can imagine, those who had fallen this far had been so worn down by their tortures in the seven other hells that they no longer had the strength to cry out.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, The Spider's Thread

“When I kill a man, I do it with my sword, but people like you don't use swords. You gentlemen kill with your power, with your money, and sometimes just with your words: you tell people you're doing them a favor. True, no blood flows, the man is still alive, but you've killed him all the same. I don't know whose sin is greater - yours or mine.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

“The human heart harbors two conflicting sentiments. Everyone of course sympathizes with people who suffer misfortunes. Yet when those people manage to overcome their misfortunes, we feel a certain disappointment. We may even feel (to overstate the case somewhat) a desire to plunge them back into those misfortunes. And before we know it, we come (if only passively) to harbor some degree of hostility toward them.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories

“Life is more hellish than hell itself.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories

“There's always a weak spot in strength.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

“A man sometimes devotes his life to a desire which he is not sure will ever be fulfilled.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Rashomon and Other Stories

“Fertile soil can only sprout fruit in the present moment; it can’t change a winter storm from last year. But the winter storm can prepare the soil for new life to spring forth from again.”
― Ashley LeMieux, I Am Here: Using Clarity Mapping to Move from Fear to Freedom

“Accepting our essential goodness and acknowledging our incredible worth is not always easy. Accepting that there are some questions we aren't equipped to answer is not easy. Maybe instead of sacrificing joy, we're meant to surrender to peace?”
― Ashley LeMieux, I Am Here: Using Clarity Mapping to Move from Fear to Freedom

“Prayer, meditation, and quiet moments of reflection are all ways to quiet the noise and let your soul receive answers that don't have anyone else's agenda attached to them.”
― Ashley LeMieux, I Am Here: Using Clarity Mapping to Move from Fear to Freedom

“Once a friend told me something that changed the way I veiw my relationships. She said, "others have permission to feel however they do about me." Once I gave people permission to have their own opinion about me, I stopped trying to control it and obsessing over whether or not I was accepted. I stopped putting time into relationships that were one sided...”
― Ashley LeMieux, I Am Here: Using Clarity Mapping to Move from Fear to Freedom