Elja > Elja's Quotes

“The best books, they don't talk about things you never thought about before. They talk about things you'd always thought about, but that you didn't think anyone else had thought about. You read them, and suddenly you're a little bit less alone in the world. You're part of this cosmic community of people who've thought about this thing, whatever it happens to be.”
― Tommy Wallach, We All Looked Up

“You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“Als ik de olifant was, dacht de eendagsvlieg, dan zou ik in zó'n hoge boom klimmen dat ik over de horizon heen kon kijken, zodat de zon daarachter niet kon ondergaan.
Ik zou kijken, niet dansen, niet struikelen, niet vallen, alleen maar kijken.
Dan ging de dag nooit voorbij en zou ik daar altijd blijven.
En als er dieren langs die boom kwamen en riepen: ‘Wie bent u?, dan zou ik terugroepen: ‘De honderdjaarsvlieg!’ of misschien wel: ‘De honderdzevenennegentigjaarsvlieg!
‘O,’ zouden ze roepen, ‘dus niet de olifant?’
‘Nee!’
(p. 35)”
― Toon Tellegen

“I'll be a story in your head. That's okay. We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh? 'Cause it was, you know. It was the best. The daft old man who stole a magic box and ran away. Did I ever tell you that I stole it? Well I borrowed it. I was always going to take it back.”
― Steven Moffat

“Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.”
― Neil Gaiman, Make Good Art

“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Lost something?’
Yes, my mind.”
― Sebastian Fitzek, Splitter

“The end justifies the means. Sometimes you have to do the wrong thing to get the right result.”
― Sebastian Fitzek, Splitter

“You can't always keep your loved ones with you. You can't always settle your life in one place. The world was made to change. But as long as you cherish the memories and make new ones along on the way, no matter where you are, you'll always be at home.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

“you can't save people from the world. There's nowhere else to take them.”
― M.R. Carey, The Girl with All the Gifts

“When I listened to her, I understood: You have to hold out to see how your life unfolds, because it is most likely beyond what you can imagine. It is not a question of if you will survive this, but what beautiful things await you when you do. I had to believe her, because she was living proof. Then she said, Good and bad things come from the universe holding hands. Wait for the good to come.”
― Chanel Miller, Know My Name