Jen > Jen's Quotes

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“Get busy living or get busy dying.”
― Stephen King, Different Seasons

“Sunsets we always liked because they only happen once and go away."
"But, Lena, that's sad."
"No, if the sunset stayed and we got bored, that would be a real sadness.”
― Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

“Listening's reading if you close your eyes. Music's a wood you walk through.”
― David Mitchell, Black Swan Green

“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

“Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't "try" to do things. You simply "must" do things.”
― Ray Bradbury

“When I discovered libraries, it was like having Christmas every day.”
― Jean Fritz

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“What do you do, go around trying everything once?' he asked.
'Sometimes twice,...”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

“You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest