I Used to be Fun Quotes

“Be decisive. Right or wrong, make a decision. The road of life is paved with flat squirrels who couldn’t make a decision.”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun

“Sometimes things seem like such a good idea at first, but the reality is totally different. That’s why it’s so important to think things through before you jump into something.”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun

“Everyone else gets to have their own life, and yours just revolves around them.”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun

“Doesn’t it feel like you’re on a thankless hamster wheel, and you will literally never get off until one day you drop dead, having never done anything wonderful?”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun

“I’m forty-six years old and I have no idea who I am or what I’m actually meant to be doing with my life. It’s like I was just twenty-two yesterday and the world was chockful of possibility.” She stared at him, her eyes wild with desperation. “I was special. I was going to be somebody. I was going to leave my mark on the world. But then I didn’t. Not even a scratch. I relegated myself to a supporting role in everything I do, and suddenly half my life is gone and I have nothing to show for it. I mean, kids and a husband, yes.” With a careless wave of her hand, she added, “Yippy. But what do I have to show for it? Who am I? What am I doing with the time I have on this planet? I mean really doing with it, because it feels like a whole lot of busy work that adds up to nothing. And I just can’t stay this way anymore because I don’t know what I’ll do if something doesn’t change soon.”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun

“You’ve been trying for years to find a way to be happy with the life you were living, but it wasn’t going to happen because it was the wrong life for you. Just like the life your dad and I built was the wrong one for him. He needed to go off and roam the world, but we were living the life I needed instead. And you, my girl, have been living the one you thought you should have, instead of the one you were meant to have.”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun

“It's the most important test of my entire life, " he said.
Jess shook her head, "Not even close."
His eyes grew wide. "It's not?"
"No. You're going to have all sorts of far more important tests in your life. None of them complete with a pencil. Choices you'll make, moments when your integrity is tested to the limit, and you can't get a do-over. Those are the life-changers. Not the LSAT. You can redo the LSAT in a few weeks.”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun

“When you're an adult, it's too easy to let yourself be comfortable all the time. You forget to stretch your limits and test yourself out, but it's important. If you don't, you forget what you're capable of.”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun

“What woman has time for more than one dream at a time?" Jessica scoffed. "The fun ones. The ones who get how short the ride is and are determined to enjoy every last second.”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun

“It’s okay to not know. It’s okay to hit pause. It’s okay to shift directions.” ~Erin Cassidy”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun

“Be decisive. Right or wrong, make a decision. The road of life is paved with flat squirrels who couldn’t make a decision.” ~ Anonymous”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun

“She wanted to live. Some other life. One that amazed her or, more accurately, one in which she was amazing. Before she was”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun