Kenia Valdivia > Kenia's Quotes

“we don’t learn to love our lives and then check a box when it’s done. We learn to love our lives every day, one day at a time, forever.”
― Melanie Dale, It's Not Fair: Learning to Love the Life You Didn't Choose

“People always talk about the difference between joy and happiness. I’ve decided the big difference is that joy hurts. Happiness is a wonderful feeling and joy is a daily dying to your original plans and scooping up God’s plans and not hating him for them.”
― Melanie Dale, It's Not Fair: Learning to Love the Life You Didn't Choose

“I am amazing at falling apart. I fall apart like a boss. It’s a gift, really.”
― Melanie Dale, It's Not Fair: Learning to Love the Life You Didn't Choose

“Your job doesn’t define you—your bravery and kindness and gratitude do. Even without any “big” accomplishments yet to your name, you are enough. Whether you have top billing, or you’re still dancing in the back row, you are enough, just as you are.”
― Lauren Graham, In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It

“Love yourself, and what you're doing, even if you're not yet at the place you hope to land. Let joy be the thing that drives you, and I bet you'll get there faster. Give yourself permission to make mistakes. Those mistakes are as valuable as the triumphs.”
― Lauren Graham, In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It

“In conclusion, don’t worry about it.
You already have The Most. And you’re already one of The Best.”
― Lauren Graham, In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It

“BUT here’s a secret: The lows don’t last any longer than the highs do. Like clouds on an overcast day, sometimes we have to face the fact that what happens to us in life isn’t controllable, and if we wait a while, don’t take it personally, and decide to enjoy ourselves anyway, the sky will eventually clear up.”
― Lauren Graham, In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It

“Satisfaction is not found in the big achievements. It’s not in winning. Starring has nothing to do with how big your part is—it’s a state of mind.”
― Lauren Graham, In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It

“if you’re kicking yourself for not having accomplished all you thought you should have by now, don’t worry about it. People bloom at different stages of their lives, and often more than once.”
― Lauren Graham, In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It

“Once I stopped worrying so much about pleasing others, once I decided to let myself off the hook, I realized I could fly.”
― Lauren Graham, In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It

“The “success” parts of life look good to others, but the best parts are actually the simple, daily experiences.”
― Lauren Graham, In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It

“Don't be perfect, just be DONE!”
― Lauren Graham, In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It

“It’s the way time moves differently when you’re caught up in the simple joy of being yourself. It’s what can happen when you make the decision to let go of criticism and worry and fear.”
― Lauren Graham, In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It

“Keep finding the JOY in what you're doing, especially when the joy is not finding you”
― Lauren Graham, In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It

“I believe that a person's taste in music tells you a lot about them. In some cases, it tells you everything you need to know.”
― Leila Sales, This Song Will Save Your Life

“Don't be special." That's what I would say to my younger self if I could pinpoint the moment when I went astray. But there was no one moment. I was always astray”
― Leila Sales, This Song Will Save Your Life

“But imagination is so often no match for the absurdity, the randomness, the tragedy of reality.”
― Leila Sales, This Song Will Save Your Life

“Sometimes you just have those days. When you know, from the moment you wake up, that everything you touch you will break, so the less you touch, the better.”
― Leila Sales, This Song Will Save Your Life

“There’s a Korean word my grandma taught me. It’s called jung. It’s the connection between two people that can’t be severed, even when love turns to hate. You still have those old feelings for them; you can’t ever completely shake them loose of you; you will always have tenderness in your heart for them.”
― Jenny Han, P.S. I Still Love You

“When you lose someone and it still hurts, that's when you know the love was real.”
― Jenny Han, P.S. I Still Love You

“So much of love is chance. There's something scary and wonderful about that.”
― Jenny Han, P.S. I Still Love You

“I suppose you can't hold on to old things just for the sake of holding on.”
― Jenny Han, P.S. I Still Love You

“Lara Jean, I think you half-fall in love with every person you meet. It’s part of your charm. You’re in love with love.”
― Jenny Han, P.S. I Still Love You

“You have to let yourself be fully present in every moment. Just be awake for it, do you know what I mean? Go all in and wring every last drop out of the experience.”
― Jenny Han, P.S. I Still Love You

“I still don't think it's pathetic to cry over someone. It just means you care about them deeply and you're sad.”
― Jenny Han, P.S. I Still Love You

“In memory, everything seems to happen to music.”
― Jenny Han, P.S. I Still Love You

“Real friends are the ones you can count on no matter what.
The ones who go into the forest to find you and bring you home.
And real friends never have to tell you that they’re your friends.”
― Morgan Matson, Since You've Been Gone

“I somehow knew that the particulars didn't matter. She was my heart, she was half of me, and nothing, certainly not a few measly hundred miles, was ever going to change that.”
― Morgan Matson, Since You've Been Gone

“He looked right at me as he gave me a half smile. "You're the brightest thing in the room", he said. He lifted his hand from my waist, and slowly, carefully brushed a stray lock of hair from my cheek. "You shine".

My breath caught in my throat. People said those kinds of things about Sloane-not about me.

"What?" frank asked, his eyes on mine.

"Just..." I took a shaky breath. "Nobody's ever said something like that to me."

"Then they don't see what I see," he said.”
― Morgan Matson, Since You've Been Gone

“In a well-ordered universe...”
― Morgan Matson, Since You've Been Gone