Still Point Quotes

“It still hurts, but life is supposed to hurt. Too many people think life is supposed to be easy and perfect all the time. But there is always some hurt. It's part of being alive. You have to accept it's a piece that every single person carries. It's what makes us human.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“Every decision we make in life, every new relationship, every job, every change, is a free fall. And it’s not the dive that will kill us. It’s the fear of taking the jump that hurts the most. The secret is to believe we are all capable of flight.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“Have you ever tried doing nothing? It's actually really hard. There are so many distractions. But it's the best feeling in the world. If I could prescribe a bottle of nothing to people, it would make life so much better.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“People don't change. We only convince ourselves they change. We deny what we can't accept. We are only as smart as we are willing to see the truth.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“He was like a book, where each chapter picks up pace until you can't put it down. That's when you know you've made a friend - when you want to read more of his story.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“Family has the greatest influence, but friends make the greatest impact.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“Parents show you life is a paved road. Friends show you the road isn't there yet, it's waiting for you to carve it out. Parents show you life is a handbook, with rules set in place. Friends show you how to break the rules you're handed.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“The happiest people aren't necessarily the most successful, or the most popular, or the most talented. They're the ones who are interested in the people around them.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“When you grab hold of one thing, you ultimately have to let go of another. Our fingers have spaces between them, just like life, and things fall through. Part of my life was ending so a new part could begin. But first you have to let go. You have to open your fingers and let slip.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“We're all looking for a rhythm, a movement that isn't forced, that feels right. I wanted to be more surefooted. I was still searching for the perfect pace.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“Life is supposed to be a risk. It's written everywhere around us. We are meant to take chances. We are meant to explode and shatter and spiral. Even if we break, we'll come back to a still point. We are made that way, just another natural element, if we remember to stay natural.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“People are like their own ecosystems, little planets made up of islands and climates and forecasts. Some of us carry jagged mountain peaks, and some of us carry lakes.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“Our strengths define us, but our weaknesses limit us.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“I wasn't rebellious. Maybe I was just more human than the average person.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“I learned that once you make a decision, you need to see it through. If you don't, you'll lose faith in yourself, and that's when you'll let other people make decisions for you.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“Life is about mindfulness. It's about being in the moment, being aware.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“I want people to have permission to know me, not unlimited constant access to me.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“You mean in the past twenty-four hours, since I've been kidnapped, drugged, shot at, almost killed several times, you didn't see our long, loving gazes pass back and forth?”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“How did you get in here?"
He opened up his arms. "Easy. I jumped from a plane onto your roof, disengaged the security grid in your basement, crawled into your house through an air vent, cut the security wires on your wall screens, crawled back outside, unlocked a sky window, slid through, and here I am."
I raised a single eyebrow.
"I knocked on the door and your mum let me in. Crazy, right?”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“People can't offer you a piece; they need to offer themselves whole, or you will always be asking for more, wishing for more. A piece is never enough.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“He was like a book, where each chapter picks up pace until you can’t put it down. That’s when you know you’ve made a friend—when you want to read more of his story.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“Some people steal your oxygen and leave you winded. Some people cut it off completely and you’re left suffocated. But other people, the rare ones, pump oxygen into you, just like a breeze fills a wind puppet and gives it the energy to twist and sway.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“It's who we are in the still points that defines us.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“Sometimes all you can do is react (Kevin Freeman)”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“Sounds are three-dimensional, just like images. They come at you from every direction.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“By the way, the other reason I agreed to help you is because I love your eyes. You have the most beautiful eyes. It's my weakness.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“You weren't supposed to think. Just feel. You need to drop some of your senses in order to heighten others.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“When you agree to help one person, you ultimately have to disappoint someone else; it's like a karmic law.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“Every decision we make in life, every new relationship, every job, every change, is a free fall. And it's not the dive that will kill us. It's the fear of taking the jump that hurts the most. The secret is to believe we are all capable of flight.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point

“I studied Jax, becoming more intrigued by him every minute we spent together. He was like a book, where each chapter picks up pace until you can't put it down. That's when you know you've made a friend - when you want to read more of his story.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Still Point