Joshua Johnston > Joshua's Quotes

“Laugh loudly, laugh often, and most important, laugh at yourself.”
― Chelsea Handler, Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me

“The easiest lies to tell are the ones you want to be true.”
― Holly Black, White Cat

“Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.”
― Lemony Snicket

“Life is like a prism. What you see depends on how you turn the glass.”
― Jonathan Kellerman

“When will you learn that there isn't a word for everything?”
― Nicole Krauss, The History of Love

“If you don't like someone's story, write your own.”
― Chinua Achebe

“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”
― George Orwell

“We all have our time machines, don't we. Those that take us back are memories...And those that carry us forward, are dreams.”
― H.G. Wells

“... "You may not see the ocean, but right now we are in the middle of the ocean, and we have to keep swimming.”
― Tracy Kidder, Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness

“I abhor the idea of a perfect world. It would bore me to tears.”
― Shelby Foote

“The world doesn't make sense until you force it to.”
― Frank Miller

“Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic