Running with Lions Quotes

“To every LGBTQIA+ person who has questioned their place in life: You're strong. You're important. You're a lion. Let the world hear you roar.”
― Julian Winters, Running with Lions

“Why do people let things so precious to them turn into dark, unbearable secrets?”
― Julian Winters, Running with Lions

“The future is only grim because people see it that way. It's unpredictable. Life is a summer storm of insecure thoughts. There's an umbrella of precautions to prevent insecurity, but it doesn't always keep the rain out of your face.”
― Julian Winters, Running with Lions

“You are not defined by who you love.”
― Julian Winters, Running with Lions

“Acceptance has an amazing effect on people who pretend they don't need it.”
― Julian Winters, Running with Lions

“Guys are beautiful. And girls are handsome. Words aren’t gender-specific.”
― Julian Winters, Running with Lions

“If you're watching Scooby Doo and think of someone because it's their favorite cartoon. If you're allergic to flour but still eat someone's burnt pancakes. Or if you hate the color green but you wear it because it reminds you of a person's eyes just before you kiss them - well, it might be love.”
― Julian Winters, Running with Lions

“the one thing that’s missing for him: respect. Not acceptance. Because that would mean Sebastian wants people to approve of him. Of his affection for Emir. He’s not searching for that brand of recognition. He wants people to respect him regardless of who he falls for.”
― Julian Winters, Running with Lions

“High school is just like the night sky. It's beautiful. Some moments, you're just in awe of it. But it's dark and endless, which can be scary, too. When the stars fall away, what's left?... The sun... Darkness goes away, but the sun shows up and you start over again. So let high school happen, and eventually, you light up the rest of your life. Burn as bright as you want. The wonderful thing about the sun is, it's always there. People don't have to see you to believe you'll be there.”
― Julian Winters, Running with Lions

“But being a teenager is one good day of being a superhero, followed by a hundred days of being self-conscious about every little damn thing. It's one big, selfish moment when you don't give a shit about other people's opinions, but you still want your friends to love who you are and what you do.”
― Julian Winters, Running with Lions

“And that's the thing, life is sometimes just another day, and sometimes it's moment after moment that only paralyzes you if you let it.”
― Julian Winters, Running with Lions

“Let life happen. All the plans we make are not guaranteed.”
― Julian Winters, Running with Lions

“He’s been working toward saying something to Emir. He’s just not there yet. And rehearsing “Hello” and “I love you” in the bathroom every morning isn’t helping.”
― Julian Winters, Running with Lions

“The sky spits out stars as time slips between them.”
― Julian Winters, Running with Lions

“Life is sometimes just another day, and sometimes it's moment after moment after moment that only paralyzes you if you let it.”
― Julian Winters, Running with Lions

“Bastian, you can do whatever you want, when you want. The only thing in life you have to do is live it.”
― Julian Winters, Running with Lions

“Life isn't defined by who you fall in love with.”
― Julian Winters, Running with Lions

“A good heart doesn't need a reason; take care of people the way you'd want them to take care of you.”
― Julian Winters, Running with Lions