Girl Gone Viral Quotes

“Sometimes we think a person doesn’t need to hear something because it’s obvious, because they know what’s in our hearts. But that’s not how the world works. We have to say the things.”
― Alisha Rai, Girl Gone Viral

“I think it takes a certain kind of strength, when the world is hateful or mean, to come out on the other side with your heart and your kindness and your humanity intact.”
― Alisha Rai, Girl Gone Viral

“Humans aren’t meant to be indefinitely bent into pretzels. We bend until we snap, and then we put ourselves back together and hold steady until someone or something bends us again. Every part of that process requires strength, and hope, I think.” Even the breaking. Even if you need help putting yourself back together.”
― Alisha Rai, Girl Gone Viral

“I was raised to make sure everyone else was happy. So now, when I’m truly happy, it feels . . . radical. To be happy, or even to have the possibility of happiness, when the world tells you you shouldn’t, it’s downright subversive.”
― Alisha Rai, Girl Gone Viral

“I don’t say it enough, because I assumed you knew I love you. But that’s the problem. Sometimes we think a person doesn’t need to hear something because it’s obvious, because they know what’s in our hearts. But that’s not how the world works. We have to say the things.”
― Alisha Rai, Girl Gone Viral

“You can’t control someone else’s actions, you can only control yourself.”
― Alisha Rai, Girl Gone Viral

“Small talk was the fifth horseman of the apocalypse.”
― Alisha Rai, Girl Gone Viral

“(...) be more vigilant to your thinking patterns in a time of stress like this. When you start to catastrophize, take a step back and acknowledge you may be overestimating the probability that the worst will happen.”
― Alisha Rai, Girl Gone Viral

“A Target is not a surefire sign of civilization. It's a sign that your wallet is empty because you walked into buy milk and left $200 poorer. With no milk.”
― Alisha Rai, Girl Gone Viral

“But if I didn’t have hope or believe in others, what’s the point?”
― Alisha Rai, Girl Gone Viral

“Looking for a partner in mostly legal activities. Enjoy cooking, gardening, the outdoors, romance, art, reading, and animals. Please be kind and have more emotional intelligence than a turnip.”
― Alisha Rai, Girl Gone Viral