Ilana Estelle > Ilana's Quotes

“You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.”
― John Lennon

“It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.”
― Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems, 1956-1968

“We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Heavenly Fire

“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”
― Will Rogers

“My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step, breath for breath. I will never stop grieving Bailey because I will never stop loving her. That's just how it is. Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get one without the other. All I can do is love her, and love the world, emulate her by living with daring and spirit and joy.”
― Jandy Nelson, The Sky Is Everywhere

“Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there; I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow, I am the sun on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning's hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there; I did not die.”
― Mary Elizabeth Frye, Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep

“Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.”
― William Feather

“The CP Diary – Every day I learn a little more about myself – not by what I overcome, but by who I become in the process. Cerebral Palsy is part of my story, but it is not my definition. I live, I grow, and I write – because my voice matters.”
― Ilana Estelle

“There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.”
― Frank Herbert

“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young

“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.”
― Anne Frank

“A word after a word after a word is power.”
― Margaret Atwood

“Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters.”
― Neil Gaiman