Paula Stokes > Paula's Quotes

“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!”
― John Anster, The First Part Of Goethe's Faust

“Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.”
― Henry Rollins

“Do it or don't. It's amazing how many things in life are that easy.”
― Henry Rollins

“So far away and yet you feel so close.”
― Pearl Jam

“And it's not that Pearl Jam was any more amazing than anyone else. I think we just liked who we were when they were who they were.”
― Caprice Crane, Stupid and Contagious

“I change by not changing at all.”
― Pearl Jam

“Half of life is fucking up, the other half is dealing with it.”
― Henry Rollins

“It is sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.”
― Henry Rollins

“Love heals scars love left”
― Henry Rollins, The Portable Henry Rollins

“Insecurities are about as useful as trying to put the pin back in the grenade.”
― Brandon Boyd

“Someone will inevitably find something wrong in almost everything, so do what it is that you do best and remember to have enough tolerance for two.”
― Brandon Boyd

“I learned from a very young age that if I persued the things that truly excited me, that they would reward in more important ways, like happiness.”
― Brandon Boyd

“Without you everything falls apart. Without you it's not as much fun to pick up the pieces.”
― Nine Inch Nails

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“In a world like this one, only the random makes sense.”
― Libba Bray, Going Bovine

“I'm just saying it's not all sand castles and ninjas.”
― Libba Bray, Going Bovine

“- 'Music opens your soul, makes you ready.'
- 'Ready for what?'
- He smiles big. 'Exactly.”
― Libba Bray, Going Bovine

“Everyone's dying. A little, every day. Make it count.”
― Libba Bray, Going Bovine

“Sure you do. Everyone wants to play. They’re just afraid of looking stupid. But you know what’s stupid? Not trying. So just…try.”
― Victoria Scott, The Collector

“It's all in the view. That's what I mean about forever, too. For any one of us our forever could end in an hour, or a hundred years from now. You never know for sure, so you'd better make every second count.”
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

“You can't always get the perfect moment. Sometimes, you just have to do the best you can under the circumstances.”
― Sarah Dessen

“What you need, what you deserve, is a guy who adores you for what you are. Who doesn't see you as a project, but a prize. you know?”
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

“Life is long. Just because you don’t get your chance right when you want or expect it doesn’t mean it won’t come.”
― Sarah Dessen

“I love books. I like that the moment you open one and sink into it you can escape from the world, into a story that's way more interesting that yours will ever be.”
― Elizabeth Scott, Bloom

“Things end. People leave. And you know what? Life goes on. Besides, if bad things didn't happen, how would you be able to feel the good ones?”
― Elizabeth Scott, Perfect You

“Why do people think being with someone is the answer to everything?”
― Elizabeth Scott, Love You Hate You Miss You

“We wind our way up the spiral staircase and then down the long hallway that leads to his room. I feel almost like I’m watching the scene unfold from outside my body. My fingers are interlocked with his as he pulls me toward a moment that’s going to change everything. We are ten steps away. Five steps. I can’t decide. But then I do.”
― Paula Stokes, The Art of Lainey

“If you asked me whether I was the type of person who liked trying new things or preferred sticking with what was familiar, I would have told you I was the second girl. The if –it-aint-broke-don’t-fix-it girl. I also would have told you plays were lame. It suddenly occurs to me that I don’t seem to know very much about…me. It’s a weird feeling, like maybe a stranger is inhabiting my body. Or maybe a stranger was, and I kicked her out.”
― Paula Stokes, The Art of Lainey

“When you share feelings with someone, or secrets, it adds a layer of complexity to even the simplest things.”
― Paula Stokes, The Art of Lainey