Personal Reflection Quotes

“people don't get me
it's more rule than exception
God bless exceptions”
― Beth Myrle Rice, Clips & Consequences: a memoir

“There are two things one should always question: one's reality and oneself.”
― Max Hawthorne

“What are you knowing that you do not want to know"?

I didn’t know it at the time. Could never have predicted all that would come to pass in the months to come. Would not have imagined the way the trajectory of a life could swing wildly on the power of 40 tiny, seemingly ordinary letters. But that is, in actual fact, what happened.

And yet, it changed everything that was and everything that would be.

We have this idea in life that we need to find the answers, discover the solutions, tie up the loose ends, and fill in the blanks. Leave no stone unturned in search of the truth. Sleuth out the mystery, solve the riddle, and find the treasure.

I’m shaking my head even as I write these words. If this life has taught me anything, it is that answers are lovely, sure. But it is the questions that hold the power.”
― Jeanette LeBlanc

“How the pale green leaves press upon the gray mountain silhouettes,
I saw mortality inside myself,
inside my own family.”
― Laura Chouette

“In this world, you can’t carry your love on your sleeves—
that’s why we hold it in the cages of our ribs.”
― Laura Chouette

“I am worthless and I am nothing,' Nesta nearly said. She wasn't sure why the words bubbled up, pressing on her lips to voice them. 'I hate everything that I am. And I am so, so tired. I am tired of wanting to be anywhere but in my own head.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“She wished he would. Wished someone would cut the damned [heart] from her chest. Wished someone would smother the voice that whispered of every horrible thing she had ever done, every awful thought she had, every person she'd failed.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames