Julia > Julia's Quotes

“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

“how can one respect, let alone adopt, the values of a people who do not, on any level whatever, live the way they say they do, or the way they say they should?”
― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

“We should always make time for the things we like. If we don't, we might forget how to be happy.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“A home isn't always the house we live in. It's also the people we choose to surround ourselves with.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“When something is broken, you can put it back together. It may not fit quite the same, or work like it did once before, but that doesn't mean it's no longer useful.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“And the spiders?"
"Still there."
"But?"
"But I can have spiders in my head as long as I don't let them consume me.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“She just smiled, said that she loved books more than anything, and started telling him excitedly what each of the ones in her lap was about. And Ove realised that he wanted to hear her talking about the things she loved for the rest of his life.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“Perhaps the most accurate term for happiness, then, is the one Aristotle used: eudaimonia, which translates not directly to “happiness” but to “human flourishing.”
― Shawn Achor, The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

“You don’t start with today and aim toward your goal. You start with the goal, and aim back toward today. Do it like that, and you’ll always find a way.”
― Christopher McDougall, Running with Sherman: How a Rescue Donkey Inspired a Rag-tag Gang of Runners to Enter the Craziest Race in America

“It’s always been fascinating to me how things can be simultaneously true and false, how people can be good and bad all in one, how someone can love you in a way that is beautifully selfless while serving themselves ruthlessly.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

“People are messy, and love can be ugly. I’m inclined to always err on the side of compassion.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

“Let me just exist with you, happier than ever.”
― Elliot Page, Pageboy

“I’ve nothing new or profound to say, nothing that hasn’t been said before, but I know books have helped me, saved me even, so perhaps this can help someone feel less alone, seen, no matter who they are or what journey they are on. Thank you for wanting to read about mine.”
― Elliot Page, Pageboy

“Don't make your life about the loss. Make it about the love.”
― Tracy Deonn, Legendborn

“Everything has two histories. Especially in the South.”
― Tracy Deonn, Legendborn

“Growing up Black in the South, it’s pretty common to find yourself in old places that just… weren’t made for you. Maybe it’s a building, a historic district, or a street. Some space that was originally built for white people and white people only, and you just have to hold that knowledge while going about your business.”
― Tracy Deonn, Legendborn

“People find it very difficult to act on what they know. To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.”
― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.”
― Donna Barba Higuera, The Last Cuentista

“Equality’s good. But equality and sameness are two different things. Sometimes those who say things without really contemplating what it truly means … That dogma runs a thin line.”
― Donna Barba Higuera, The Last Cuentista

“I know stories can’t always have happy endings. But if there are chances for us to do better, we have to say out loud the parts that hurt the most.”
― Donna Barba Higuera, The Last Cuentista

“Books became our language. Books became our home. Books became our lives.”
― Donna Barba Higuera, The Last Cuentista

“This is the world fourteen-year-old me couldn’t even begin to imagine. I’m already here.”
― Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

“Things don’t have to stay as what they started out as.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“So. I might not deserve you. And you might forgive too much. But I’m damned glad to have you.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“Live long enough, you realize some folks can be handed a problem and some tools, and they’ll sort it out. And I never think twice about hiring that sort of fellow.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“Perhaps it was freedom itself that choked her.”
― Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt

“What was it to love someone, what was love exactly, and why did it end or not end? Those were the real questions, and who could answer them?”
― Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt