April > April's Quotes

“Staring at the stars was like staring backward in time, since some stars are so far away that their light takes millions of years just to reach us. That we see stars not as they look now, but as they were when dinosaurs roamed the earth. The whole concept just struck me as…amazing somehow.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Choice

“How do you tell someone that an animal is more important to you than the people in your neighborhood”
― Chris Dietzel, The Last Astronaut

“Dumb is just not knowing. 'Ditzy' is having the courage to ask!”
― Jessica Simpson

“There are so many firsts to raising kids, and parents are told to catch them all. But they don’t warn you about the lasts. The last baby onesie. The last time you tie their shoes. The last time they think you have every answer in the world.”
― Jessica Simpson, Open Book

“Whatever you are going through, the sun will come out.”
― Jessica Simpson, Open Book

“She’d always found children loud and squirmy and, often as not, smelly. But at least they spoke straight. They laughed when they were happy and cried when they were in pain. You never had to second-guess their motives or scrutinize their expressions.”
― Amanda Skenandore, The Undertaker's Assistant

“Who talks most about freedom and equality? Is it not those who hold the bill of rights in one hand and a whip for affrighted slaves in the other?”
― Alexander Hamilton

“Don’t waste energy living a life someone else designed for you. Life is one per customer. Let them do theirs. You do yours.”
― Paris Hilton, Paris: The Memoir

“Know your worth, girls. You’re not lucky to be at the party; the party is lucky to have you. Apply as needed to relationships, jobs, and family.”
― Paris Hilton, Paris: A Memoir for Young Women in the Age of Influencers

“There are so many young women who need to hear this story. I don't want them to learn from my mistakes; I want them to stop hating themselves for mistakes of their own. I want them to laugh and see that they do have a voice and their own brand of intelligence and, girl, fuck fitting in.”
― Paris Hilton, Paris: The Memoir

“It's humbling to be reminded that no matter how big your life is, you are still a speck of dust that can be swept off this earth in half a second.”
― Paris Hilton, Paris: The Memoir

“When you endure horror day after day, month after month, it becomes normalized. I built high stone walls around my heart—walls that no one could break through or climb over for more than twenty years. My MO was to not think about it, not talk about it. Don’t feed the beast. Don’t give it any oxygen. It’ll go away. For a long time, I made that work, but every now and then, some random thing would trigger a flood of memory and anxiety and crush my soul all over again.”
― Paris Hilton, Paris: A Memoir for Young Women in the Age of Influencers

“Some friendships just have their seasons, and that's ok.”
― Paris Hilton, Paris: The Memoir

“True sophistication is the ability to fit in anywhere, because you have a broad understanding of and respect for all kinds of people.”
― Paris Hilton, Paris: The Memoir

“You can't force a person to show up, but you can learn a lesson when they don't”
― Emily Henry, Funny Story

“Flags so red, they veered toward maroon.”
― Emily Henry, Funny Story

“Over the roar of our motor, we catch snippets of radio hits blasting off the boats we pass: Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” and Sheryl Crow’s “Soak Up the Sun” and Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay.”
― Emily Henry, Funny Story