Plan A Quotes

“Strength isn't being fierce. I don't even think strength is always being strong.”
― Deb Caletti, Plan A

“And people get to have their own opinions. But they shouldn't get to scream and harass and shame. They shouldn't get to bully and terrify and harm. They shouldn't get to shut down options so other human beings are forced into life-threatening and unbearable corners.”
― Deb Caletti, Plan A

“We were just going to have to screw some stuff up, and have some terrible luck, and awful encounters with bad people, along with the great encounters with amazing people.”
― Deb Caletti, Plan A

“Think of all the choices out there. Available, you know. Right there, just because you’re human and deserve them.”
― Deb Caletti, Plan A

“My body is still my body. It's not my enemy. I'm kind of proud of it, how hard it works and the stuff it has to endure in order to carry myself around.”
― Deb Caletti, Plan A

“I mean, socially ostracizing people is one of the oldest punishments there is. Shame is a powerful deterrent. But it relies on you to participate.”
― Deb Caletti, Plan A

“Friends sometimes just fall away over the years. They're the most important person to you ever at a given time, and then...you just fade into your own thing.”
― Deb Caletti, Plan A

“The thing is - here things might tip, things might tumble but you can always set them right again. So what if that apple is bruised. So what.”
― Deb Caletti, Plan A

“It's reassuring, to know that I can make really good decisions, along with the really bad ones. The uglies can make me forget that. And given how many decisions we have to make in even just a single day, let alone a life, we're bound to get a ton of bad ones in there. Even some big bad ones, along with the big good ones.”
― Deb Caletti, Plan A

“It reminds me for the millionth time that feelings aren't permanent, even if they seem like it. You've got to keep trusting in that, I realize, the truth that a feeling will pass. Your helpless boat might be bumping and sloshing and thrusting you forward, but, you know, you aren't gong to stay in the same place.”
― Deb Caletti, Plan A

“...opinions aren't truth, even if a whole lot of people have them.”
― Deb Caletti, Plan A

“Everything is bad right now, so bad, but there are still nice things like cookies in ruffled cups.”
― Deb Caletti, Plan A

“Another opinion I have is that cruelty always has minions, individuals who are secretly mean but get the courage to show who they really are because some creep makes them feel brave.”
― Deb Caletti, Plan A