Jess > Jess's Quotes

“Life is unpredictable, and I’d rather play every card as honestly as I can than have a deck full of regrets and what-ifs.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts

“And telling a story, I suppose, is like winding a skein of spun yarn- you sometimes lose track of the beginning.”
― Edith Pattou, East

“That's the trouble with loving a wild thing: You're always left watching the door.”
― Edith Pattou, East

“It’s an unfortunate reminder that as much as my community represents the true American Dream—building a foundation out of uncertain hopes and dreams—people like you would rather be ignorant or spread hate than accept this reality.”
― Loan Le, A Pho Love Story

“The light falls on our family’s black-and-white photos, which have watched over me as long as memory serves me. The sight of them sends me some hope. Whatever happens today, they will be our witnesses.”
― Loan Le, A Pho Love Story

“I find refuge in art, escaping thoughts like this, to regain control when life throws another obstacle my way. When I work, magic happens; for a few hours at a time, the world just slips away.”
― Loan Le, A Pho Love Story

“He died taking mercury pills that he thought would make him immortal," Tang Taizong said.

"So did you!" Qin Sho Haung yelped without looking at him.

"Allegedly! Sources differ!"

"You know what you did!”
― Xiran Jay Zhao, Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor

“The problem with this is that if we beat ourselves up after a mistake, we add shame onto the guilt and frustration that we already feel about our mistake. That guilt and frustration can be helpful in moving us forward, but shame...shame keeps us stuck. It's a paralyzing emotion. When we get caught in a shame spiral, we tend to make more of the same kinds of mistakes that caused us shame in the first place".”
― Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died

“SLIPS ARE TOTALLY NORMAL. WHEN you have a slip, it’s just that. A slip. It doesn’t define you. It doesn’t make you a failure. The most important thing is that you don’t let that slip become a slide,”
― Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died

“Men wants us so badly for our bodies, yet hate us so much for our minds.”
― Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow

“What happened to us does not define us, what we do next is what matters. (p. 248)”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“You’ve been so obsessed with ‘helping’ me and you actually have no idea how to help yourself.”
― Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last

“For all stories have an ending as well as a beginning. But a beginning is where you choose to plant your foot, and the ending is only the edge of one's own knowledge.”
― Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife

“And yet and yet - the last secret of the tree of codes is that nothing can ever reach a definite conclusion. Nowhere as much as there do we feel possibilities shaken by the nearness of realization. The atmosphere becomes possibilities and we shall wander and make a thousand mistakes. We shall wander along yet not be able to understand.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Tree of Codes

“I would move the stars for you," I said quietly, as something shifted into place inside me. "I would defy them all.”
― Sue Lynn Tan, Tales of the Celestial Kingdom

“There is magic on this sometimes wretched, unremarkable Earth. But often, you have to make your own wishes find the light.”
― Gloria Chao, When You Wish Upon a Lantern

“You were capable of imagining a different future. And maybe it won’t be realized today, maybe not in our lifetime. Maybe it will take generations. We’re all part of a continuum. Does that make it pointless?”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“Tomorrow, the kingdom could sink into the sea. Tomorrow, all the elders we trusted could betray us. Tomorrow, the fog might consume everything we loved. But I had him today. And he had me.”
― June Hur, A Crane Among Wolves

“In dark times, every mother becomes your mother, every child your child, every sister your sister, and every stranger-in-need a friend.”
― June Hur, A Crane Among Wolves