Annie > Annie's Quotes

“Because that’s intimacy, Buckaroos.
Somebody who understands exactly how weird you are, and you understand exactly how weird they are, and you’re in a sort of mutually beneficial hostage situation.”
― Allie Brosh, Solutions and Other Problems

“Nothing is easier for people who never do anything themselves than to criticize someone who actually makes an effort.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“Something can be important without being serious.”
― Ken Jennings, Planet Funny: How Comedy Took Over Our Culture

“It's always very easy to declare that other people are idiots, but only if you forget how idiotically difficult being human is.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“You are allowed to be cautious but you don’t always have to be afraid.”
― Chanel Miller, Know My Name: A Memoir

“LIFE IS LIKE RIDING A BICYCLE … It’s hard and sweaty and surprisingly tough on your genitals. Also, you’re going to fall a lot.”
― Jenny Lawson, Broken

“We can have safety, belonging, and authenticity, but the experience of being received and held with compassion and care is almost magical.”
― Jenny Wang, Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans

“Sometimes, boys in love have really silly ways of showing it.”
― Cara Tanamachi, The Takeover

“I don't believe in karma, but I believe there are things that can happen that very specifically force you to understand what an asshole you were.”
― Allie Brosh, Solutions and Other Problems

“My schedule for today lists a six-hour self-accusatory depression.”
― Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

“I decide what I am capable of.”
― Chanel Miller, Know My Name: A Memoir

“Human foibles are what make us us, and the art of mortification is what brings us all together.”
― Jenny Lawson, Broken

“You should always ask why a person is telling you their story.”
― C Pam Zhang, How Much of These Hills Is Gold

“The absurdity of working so hard to continue doing something you don’t like can be overwhelming.”
― Allie Brosh, Hyperbole and a Half

“Men never said they were tired, which made sense, because compared to women they did fuck-all.”
― Kathy Wang, Impostor Syndrome

“Children turned men into heroes and mothers into lesser employees, if we didn't play our cards right.”
― Chandler Baker, Whisper Network

“You beg for crumbs, you get less crumbs.”
― Dustin Lance Black, Mama's Boy: A Story from Our Americas

“Their biceps were no match for her own.”
― Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships

“Sarcasm is the last refuge of the imaginatively bankrupt.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

“Fear-based motivation is like fossil fuels -- they get the engine running, but they burn dirty.”
― Jenny Wang, Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans

“Although the sting of failure may rattle you and cause you to doubt yourself temporarily, it is the way you brush yourself off and decide to still show up and try that really determines whether you have failed or not.”
― Jenny Wang, Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans

“My pain was never more valuable than his potential.”
― Chanel Miller, Know My Name

“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.”
― Chanel Miller, Know My Name: A Memoir

“Never make people laugh. If you would succeed in life, you must be solemn, solemn as an ass. All the great monuments of earth have been built over solemn asses.

- Thomas Corwin”
― Ken Jennings, Planet Funny: How Comedy Took Over Our Culture

“There is no such thing as luck, I told him. Luck is just readiness that meets opportunity.”
― Jenny Tinghui Zhang, Four Treasures of the Sky

“Resilience is simple, really. Know when to push and when to let go.”
― Jenny Tinghui Zhang, Four Treasures of the Sky

“no, no, his ideal woman is small and resembles a Manchurian chipmunk.”
― Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife

“... I used to think nothing was out of my control. If I studied more, worked harder, and hit the gym like a Peloton instructor, every goal was within reach. And now I think we're all pinballs pinging around at random, hoping that when we collide with something, it's good.”
― Cara Tanamachi, The Takeover

“You better believe I'm going to hall monitor the shit out of everything. I'm going to keep trying, even if it's a lost cause.”
― Cara Tanamachi, The Takeover

“There's very little we can control in this life. All we can do is accept whatever comes, learn what we can, and hang onto what we love. And that's it. In the end, the only thing you can hope to control is yourself. In this moment. Which is both a relief and a huge responsibility." P 236”
― Kelly Barnhill, When Women Were Dragons