Karen > Karen's Quotes

“Picture a wave. In the ocean. You can see it, measure it, its height, the way the sunlight refracts when it passes through. And it's there. And you can see it, you know what it is. It's a wave.

And then it crashes in the shore and it's gone. But the water is still there. The wave was just a different way for the water to be, for a little while. You know it's one conception of death for Buddhists: the wave returns to the ocean, where it came from and where it's supposed to be.

The Good Place”
― Chidi

“There's no such thing as the life you're supposed to have.”
― Elan Mastai, All Our Wrong Todays

“I like airplanes. I like anywhere that isn't a proper place. I like in betweens.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives

“People tend to find books when they are ready for them.”
― Neil Gaiman

“I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

“Words save our lives, sometimes.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

“I was not scared of anything, when I read my book...”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

“Life is made up of little moments that don’t seem that important at the time, but in retrospect they’re what get you to where you are.”
― Penelope Ward, When August Ends

“Just out of curiosity,” she says, “after you wake up in the morning, do you admire yourself in the mirror for one hour or two?”

“Two,” I reply cheerfully.

“Do you high five yourself?”

“Of course not.” I smirk. “I kiss each of my biceps and then point to the ceiling and thank the big man upstairs for creating such a perfect male specimen.”
― Elle Kennedy, The Deal

“I love you. Every part of you, not just the parts I’ve already told you I love. I need you to be in my life, Lane. Permanently.”
― Lauren Stewart, Darker Water

“Reading brings us unknown friends”
― Honore de Balzac

“That’s one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they’ll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons.”
― Dave Grohl

“Life is just too damn short to let someone else’s opinion steer the wheel,”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music