Jennifer > Jennifer's Quotes

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
― Steve Jobs

“But I believe good things happen everyday. I believe good things happen even when bad things happen. And I believe on a happy day like today, we can still feel a little sad. And that's life, isn't it?”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Elsewhere

“Instead of agonizing about the things you can't change, why don't you try working on the things you can change”
― Jordan Sonnenblick, Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

“Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.”
― Willa Cather

“I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.”
― James Michener

“The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“It's hard to answer a question you haven't been asked. It's hard to show you tried unless you end up succeeding.”
― David Levithan, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

“I was attempting to write the story of my life. It wasn't so much about plot. It was much more about character.”
― David Levithan, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

“The important people in our lives leave imprints. They may stay or go in the physical realm, but they are always there in your heart, because they helped form your heart. There's not getting over that.”
― David Levithan, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

“I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.”
― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

“Are you determined to leave me in this world to live without my heart?”
― Kristin Cashore, Fire

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.”
― Alfred Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam

“Is it possible for home to be a person and not a place?”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“I wish friends held hands more often, like the children I see on the streets sometimes. I'm not sure why we have to grow up and get embarrassed about it.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“He's not lazy. He's just highly inefficient.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Warrior Heir

“Weird is good, strange is bad.”
― Cinda Williams Chima

“Don't judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.”
― Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons

“You can't keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in your hair.”
― Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons

“Being a mother is like trying to hold a wolf by the ears,” Gram said. “If you have three or four –or more – chickabiddies, you’re dancing on a hot griddle all the time. You don’t have time to think about anything else. And if you’ve only got one or two, it’s almost harder. You have room left over – empty spaces that you think you’ve got to fill up.”
― Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons

“Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“We all posses different gifts and abilities. How we use those gifts determines who we are.”
― Brandon Mull, Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary

“If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“Choices determine character.”
― Brandon Mull, Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary

“Where's the glory in repeating what others have done?”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“Running toward danger is foolhardy. ... But so is closing your eyes to it. Many perils become less dangerous once you understand their potential hazards.”
― Brandon Mull, Rise of the Evening Star

“Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief