It Gets Better Quotes

“The whole time I pretend I have mental telepathy. And with my mind only, I’ll say — or think? — to the target, 'Don’t do it. Don’t go to that job you hate. Do something you love today. Ride a roller
coaster. Swim in the ocean naked. Go to the airport and get on the next flight to anywhere just for the fun of it. Maybe stop a spinning globe with your finger and then plan a trip to that very spot; even if it’s in the middle of the ocean you can go by boat. Eat some type of ethnic food you’ve never even
heard of. Stop a stranger and ask her to explain her greatest fears and her secret hopes and aspirations in detail and then tell her you care because she is a human being. Sit down on the sidewalk and make pictures with colorful chalk. Close your eyes and try to see the world with your nose—allow smells
to be your vision. Catch up on your sleep. Call an old friend you haven’t seen in years. Roll up your pant legs and walk into the sea. See a foreign film. Feed squirrels. Do anything! Something! Because you start a revolution one decision at a time, with each breath you take. Just don’t go back to thatmiserable place you go every day. Show me it’s possible to be an adult and also be happy. Please. This is a free country. You don’t have to keep doing this if you don’t want to. You can do anything you want. Be anyone you want. That’s what they tell us at school, but if you keep getting on that train and going to the place you hate I’m going to start thinking the people at school are liars like the Nazis who told the Jews they were just being relocated to work factories. Don’t do that to us. Tell us the truth. If adulthood is working some death-camp job you hate for the rest of your life, divorcing your secretly criminal husband, being disappointed in your son, being stressed and miserable, and dating a poser and pretending he’s a hero when he’s really a lousy person and anyone can tell that just by shaking his slimy hand — if it doesn’t get any better, I need to know right now. Just tell me. Spare me from some awful fucking fate. Please.”
― Matthew Quick, Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock

“There's a lot for you to live for. Good things are definitely in your future, Leonard. I'm sure of it. You have no idea how many interesting people you'll meet after high school's over. Your life partner, your best friend, the most wonderful person you'll ever know is sitting in some high school right now waiting to graduate and walk into your life - maybe even feeling all the same things you are, maybe even wondering about you, hoping that you're strong enough to make it to the future where you'll meet.”
― Matthew Quick, Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock

“It takes strength to be proud of yourself and to accept yourself when you know that you have something out of the ordinary about you.”
― Abigail Tarttelin, Golden Boy

“Suicide isn't cowardly. I'll tell you what is cowardly; treating people so badly that they want to end their lives.”
― Ashley Purdy

“My rotting brain had lied to me; of course talking would help. Of course my loving, caring friends telling me it would get better would help. They fed ropes down the hold I'd been digging, and even if they couldn't pull me up, they at least reminded me that there was a world beyond this, where I'd been before.”
― Dodie Clark, Secrets for the Mad

“Bullies are almost always outnumbered by the bullied. We just need to organize.”
― Ivan Coyote

“I will laugh about this one day, I told myself. I will laugh about it with people so clever and sophisticated I can't imagine them properly now.”
― Jo Walton, Among Others

“Sometimes life gets weird. Hang in there, it gets better.”
― Tanner Patrick

“There is light at the end of every tunnel. To get there just follow the silver lining.”
― Anthon St. Maarten

“You know I blamed Craig for not letting me do things? You know how stupid I feel about that now? Maybe he didn't really encourage me to do things, but he didn't prevent me from doing them either. But after a while, I didn't do things because I didn't want him to think different about me. But the things is, I wasn't being honest. So, why would I care whether or not he loved me when he didn't really even know me?”
― Stephen Chbosky

“Well, this should certainly teach us, should it not, never to repine, never to despair, never to allow the upper lip to unstiffen, but always to remember that, no matter how dark the skies may be, the sun is shining somewhere and will eventually come smiling through.”
― P. G. Wodehouse

“I'd tell them that it gets better. That they may not be able to beat death when their time comes, but they can beat death in life. I know it may not be an easy thing to do, but with the right person by their side they can conquer anything.”
― Stephanie Kaleto, Disconsolate

“...there's a lot more to offer in life than what you're given in high school. Don't go thinking this is all you're ever gonna get.”
― Preston Norton, Hopepunk

“Sadness is like a dark cloud
that makes it impossible to see the sun.
But the sun can only shine
after heavy rain falls away.
I let tears fall like rain,
so clouds can part for the sun.
I do something that makes me smile,
like looking for a rainbow after a storm.”
― Lauren Martin, Sadness is a Dark Cloud

“I have a choice.
Instead of feeling hopeless,
I can tell someone how I feel,
cry until I feel light,
and do something to feel good.
Even when I miss someone or something,
I can find new ways to feel happy,”
― Lauren Martin, Sadness is a Dark Cloud

“Even the worst moment, day or year will become a distant, blurry memory. Keep perspective by pretending to be a future version of yourself encouraging your current self to be confident, joyful, and carefree.”
― Lauren Martin, Insecurity is a Seed

“Easy, now, and listen to me. It hurts, yes. Seems like more than you can take, but it isn't. You think you're going to die, but you won't. Listen to me, because I've been there, and I know. Each minute. Each hour. Each day, it gets better.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged

“When you share your feelings, you can get the comfort and support you need to feel better. The next time you feel sad or hopeless, who do you feel safe talking to about your feelings (family, friend, school counselor or social worker)? When and how can you talk to them?”
― Lauren Martin, Sadness is a Dark Cloud

“In order to reach your full potential, you must first believe you have potential. You have unique skills, interests, perspectives, ideas and ways of showing up in the world that make you different than anyone else in the universe. The pain and suffering you feel now will one day be a blurry memory, and your challenges and darkest moments are what make you an inspiration to others. The things that make you different than your peers are the very things that make you important and valuable.

Every great leader, activist and change-maker started as a child who chose to take action to change the world. Remind yourself over and over again that have the power to choose; You have the power to choose to embody the best version of yourself; You have the power to choose to make life better for the people and world around you; You have the power to choose the legacy you leave behind. Whoever you want to be and however you want to be remembered, choose that. Never forget you matter, and you choose your life story.”
― Lauren Martin , One Wave: A little book of oneness

“In order for kids to reach their full potential, they must first believe they have potential.

They must believe that they matter and that they have the power to choose a beautiful life story. They must feel empowered to discover and use their unique skills, interests, ideas, perspectives and ways of showing up in the world to embody the best possible version of themself and create the best possible life for themself. They must be taught that every great leader, activist and change-maker started as a kid who chose to take action to change the world.

It is imperative that teachers, parents, role models and mentors tell and show kids over and over again that they are valuable and important, that they matter, and that have the power to choose. They have the power to choose to embody the best version of themself. They have the power to choose to make life better for the people and world around them. They have the power to choose the legacy they leave behind. Whoever they want to be and however they want to be remembered, they have the power to choose that.”
― Lauren Martin, Insecurity is a Seed