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I know a thing or two about pain and darkness.
Twenty One Pilots— "Lane Boy" (2015)
Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.
mark twain— Notes on sourcing:Twain did say: "There is a sumptuous variety about the New England weather that compels the stranger's admiration — and regret. The weather is always doing something there...In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours. ...
Yes, one of the brightest gems in the New England weather is the dazzling uncertainty of it." (Speech at the dinner of New England Society in New York City, December 22, 1876).
Depression is about as close as you get to somewhere between dead and alive, and it's the worst.
Elizabeth Wurtzel— Prozac Nation (1994, p. 299)
Something about first love defies duplication. Before it, your heart is blank. Unwritten. After, the walls are left inscribed and graffitied. When it ends, no amount of scrubbing will purge the scrawled oaths and sketched images, but sooner or later, you find that there’s space for someone else, between the words and in the margins.
Tammara Webber— Where You Are, Chapter 1 (2011)
True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.
Robert Reich— American political commentator, professor, and author
Fitness is not about being better than someone else... It's about being better than you used to be.
Khloé Kardashian— American television personality, socialite, model, businesswoman and entrepreneur
I miss everything about you. Can't believe that I still want you, And after all the things we've been through.
Colbie Caillat— "I Never Told You" (2009)
An important thing to remember about the press is there is no ideological bias.
Jon Meacham— Quoted in Doro Bush, My Father, My President (p. 218).
Take these words home and think it through; Or the next rhyme I write might be about you.
mobb Deep— Shook Ones, Pt. 2 (1995)
Everything I know about morality and the obligations of men, I owe it to football.
Albert Camus— French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913 - 1960)
Soccer is not about justice. It’s a drama – and criminally wrong decisions against you are part and parcel of that.
Pete Davies— As quoted in The World through Soccer: The Cultural Impact of a Global Sport (2014, p. 187), by Tamir Bar-On.
In Europe, it's different – you eat soccer, you breathe soccer, you drink soccer. Everything is about soccer.
Thomas Dooley— As quoted in We Love Football: Best Football Quotes On Earth (2014), by Adrian Adams.
I'm not very religious at all - I was raised Catholic, but probably haven't gone to church since my Holy Communion when I was about 6 or 7.
Lynsey Addario— American photojournalist
In case you ever foolishly forget, I’m never not thinking about you.
virginia woolf— From her diaries
Romance is thinking about your significant other, when you are supposed to be thinking about something else.
Nicholas Sparks— American novelist, screenwriter and producer
You think anybody wants a roundhouse lick to the face while I'm wearing these bad boys? Forget about it.
Rex— Diedrich Bader, Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Hello, boys and girls. Hannah Baker here. Live and in stereo. No return engagements. No encore. And this time, absolutely no requests. I hope you’re ready, because I’m about to tell you the story of my life. More specifically, why my life ended. And if you’re listening to theses tapes, you’re one of the reasons why.
Jay Asher— Thirteen Reasons Why (2007, pg. 7)
You mothers! God knew what He was about when He made you.
L. M. Montgomery— Anne's House of Dreams (1917, pg. 266), said by Gilbert.
I’ve got a bad feeling about this.
— Said in every Star Wars movie. Episode I - The Phantom Menace: said by Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor). Episode II - Attack of the Clones: said by Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen). Episode III - Revenge of the Sith: said by Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor). Episode IV - A New Hope: said by Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Han Solo (Harrison Ford). Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back: said by Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher). Episdoe VI - Return of the Jedi: said by C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) and Han Solo (Harrison Ford). Episode VI - The Force Awakens: said by Han Solo (Harrison Ford).
She would do a Good Thing without thinking about it.
a. a. milne— From Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), said about Kanga.
“And if anyone knows anything about anything," said Bear to himself, "it's Owl who knows something about something," he said, "or my name's not Winnie-the-Pooh," he said. "which it is," he added. "So there you are.”
a. a. milne— From Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), said by Pooh.
Now the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.
C. S. Lewis— The Magician's Nephew (1955)
Spirituality is not a formula; it is not a test. It is a relationship. Spirituality is not about competency; it is about intimacy. Spirituality is not about perfection; it is about connection. The way of the spiritual life begins where we are now in the mess of our lives.
Mike Yaconelli— Writer, theologian, church leader and satirist (1942 - 2003)
One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.
Nolan Ryan— American former Major League Baseball pitcher and a previous chief executive officer of the Texas Rangers
My daughters, your daughters, our daughters deserve safety, protection, and the freedom to make their own choices about their personal lives and their physical selves.
Carre Otis— Sisterhood Now: The Political, the Personal, and the Just (April 27, 2012)
When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.
j. m. barrie— Peter Pan (1911), also known as Peter and Wendy.
