Juana Rincon > Juana's Quotes

“And in that moment, you realize how little control you have over your own destiny. From the time you're born, you have no control; you can't choose your parents, and, unless you're suicidal, you can't choose your death. The only thing you can do is choose the person you love, be kind to others, and make your brutally short stint on earth as pleasant as possible.”
― Renee Carlino, Before We Were Strangers

“To douchebags!" he said, gesturing to Brad. "And to girls that break your heart," he bowed his head to me. His eyes lost focus. "And to the absolute fucking horror of losing your best friend because you were stupid enough to fall in love with her.”
― Jamie McGuire, Beautiful Disaster

“The hearts I make are shattered, but whole. They’re kaleidoscopes that beam under the sun. They signify hope in love when you’ve lost it because, like love, you can look at a kaleidoscope a thousand different ways and find something new every time. Shattered or not, if you look carefully enough, you’ll find something beautiful in them, and all beautiful things are a little broken.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“Shattering hearts … it’s fitting.”
“They’re not shattering hearts, they’re kaleidoscope hearts,” I correct him.”
“What’s the different? You make them with broken pieces.”
… “The difference is that it’s already broken, but I use the pieces to rebuilt it. The difference is that the heart has a second chance, and maybe it’ll get broken again, but it’s already shattered, so maybe the fall won’t be as bad.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“What will happen to us?" I asked. "There will always be us," he answered.”
― Patti Smith, Just Kids

“All humans make mistakes. What determines a person's character aren't the mistakes we make. It's how we take those mistakes and turn them into lessons rather than excuses.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“In real life we have a hard time recognizing serendipitous moments because we’re not making the story up as we go along. It’s not a lie—it’s really happening to us, and we have no idea how it will end. Some of us will look back on our lives and recall events that were a bit too perfect, but until you know the whole story, it’s impossible to see the universe at work, or even admit that there is something bigger than us, making sure everything that should happen does happen. If you can surrender to the idea that there might be a plan, instead of reducing every magical moment to a coincidence, then love will find you.”
― Renee Carlino, Swear on This Life

“We’re all ugly, Ryen. The only difference is, some hide it and some wear it.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“Alone, Empty, Fraud, Shame, Fear,
Close your eyes.There is nothing to see out here.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“The present is our own. The right-this-second, the here-and-now, this moment before the next, is ours for the taking. It’s the only free gift the universe has to offer. The past doesn’t belong to us anymore, and the future is just a fantasy, never guaranteed. But the present is ours to own. The only way we can realize that fantasy is if we embrace the now.”
― Renee Carlino, Before We Were Strangers

“Once there was you and me
We were lovers
We were friends
Before life changed
Before we were strangers
Do you still think of me?”
― Renee Carlino, Before We Were Strangers

“We were victims of bad timing. But here we are again.”
― Renee Carlino, Before We Were Strangers

“...y supo que ella persistiría, persistiría: en verano, en los túneles de hojas, o en las noches de julio, llenando una silla vacía en la complicidad humosa de los cafés. Que ella sería, que será, una cicatriz que aveces hace cosquillas y a veces late y a veces arde y a veces duele.”
― Eduardo Galeano, La canción de nosotros

“Años más tarde aprenderé que un cuerpo vacío de vida no es la muerte. Un cuerpo vacío de vida es nada más que un cuerpo vacío de vida. Sabré que la muerte está en la vida, como fin anunciado de la gente que uno quiere y las experiencias que lo hacen a uno feliz: que asoma, como la transpiración, por los poros. Que un cadáver es el único cuerpo donde la muerte no está.”
― Eduardo Hughes Galeano, La Canción De Nosotros

“Ahora yo no sé si vas a poder leer esta carta, pero igual siento como una necesidad de decirte que yo contigo he sido más feliz de lo que los libros dicen que se puede. Perdóname si tantas veces me anduve quejando por bobadas. Un día me dijiste que yo tenía cara de mujer a la que siempre se vuelve y yo te espero ahora o cuando sea y donde sea y como sea. Quiero que sepas.”
― Eduardo Galeano, La canción de nosotros

“You brightened the darkest time of my life.”
― Renee Carlino, Wish You Were Here

“Rules are for people with the luxury of time.”
― Renee Carlino, Wish You Were Here

“I’m a human, walking around this lonely planet, taking one breath after another, trying to decide what’s right and what’s wrong.”
― Renee Carlino, Wish You Were Here

“That’s good. You don’t forgive because they deserve it. Most of the time they don’t. You forgive to keep your heart soft. To move forward without bitterness. Forgiveness is for you.”
― Tarryn Fisher, Atheists Who Kneel and Pray

“El único consuelo es entrar en el caos, volverse caótico también”
― Mario Benedetti, Quién de nosotros

“I learned from him that often contradiction is the clearest way to truth”
― Patti Smith, Just Kids

“Tell me a truth, Senna."
"I don't know how."
"Then tell me a lie."
"I don't love you."
"The truth is for the mind," he says. "Lies are for the heart. So let's just keep lying.”
― Tarryn Fisher, Mud Vein

“What’s the difference?” I asked him. “Between the love of your life, and your soulmate?”
“One is a choice, and one is not.”
― Tarryn Fisher, Mud Vein

“You can only give your heart away once, after that, everything else will chase your first love”
― Tarryn Fisher, The Opportunist

“I think that after the first time you give your heart away, you never get it back. The rest of your life is just you pretending that you still have a heart.”
― Tarryn Fisher, The Opportunist

“She has the kind of love that can stain your soul, make you beg not to have one, just to escape the spell she’s put you under. I’ve tried to break myself of her over and over, but it’s pointless. I’ve got more of her in my veins than blood”
― Tarryn Fisher, Thief

“Please don't forget me, because the possibility of that hurts more than anything else.”
― Tarryn Fisher, The Opportunist

“Is there some cosmic rule that if two people feel they’re meant to be together, then they should be together no matter what? Or sometimes do we have to walk away from the person we believe we’re meant to be with? And if we do…does that feeling that we’re missing our true other half ever go away?
I wish there was a way to get these answers.”
― Carian Cole, No Tomorrow

“The only thing in here that can hurt you is me.”
A shiver creeps down my spine. “Would you?” I whisper. “Hurt me?”
He backs me up against the cobweb-strewn wall and leans his arms on either side of my head, trapping me.
“I don’t want to, but I will. And you’ll keep letting me.” He brushes his lips across mine. “You falling in love with me will destroy us both.”
― Carian Cole, No Tomorrow

“Paths that cross will cross again.”
― Patti Smith, Just Kids