The Stars Don't Lie Quotes

“Speaking with her eyes on the ceiling, she”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

“Because as you get older, you lose your friends and your family. It’s the loneliness that seems to kill us. Don’t let your parents get lonely.”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

“Mortified at the sudden idea of someone bearing witness to my lunacy, I diverted my gaze to the sidewalk and pretended to be looking for something on the ground. Once I’d found the imaginary object, I scooped it up, slipped it into my pocket, and carried on toward the house as if all was well. What a kook I could be.”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

“It was about accepting that it had happened and letting it be. We were all together, all flawed beings trying to find our ways, and it was okay to make mistakes, because we were all making them—we were destined to make them. It was okay to laugh at ourselves.”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

“What she’s going after is exactly why she became an astronomer in the first place, and why I have always impressed upon you and every other one of my students the importance of lifting one’s chin. It’s about experiencing awe, Carver. When you can put yourself in a state of awe, you see things for what they truly are. We’re lifted out of the fragile cage in which our tiny minds are often trapped.”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

“As small and as insignificant as I am, I’m a part of you. And it’s one big, beautiful thing that we make, this living and breathing and ever-flawed oneness.”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

“What can you do? I pondered her words as I watched the traffic move around us. Was that the answer to everything? Trying it on for size, I said to myself, You fell for a girl that you wrongly thought was your soulmate. She dumped you, breaking you into pieces. So you attempted to kill yourself, and everyone in town found out. What can you do? I actually laughed out loud for the second time in a few minutes. Was it that easy? Was it as simple as a choice to come to peace with your past? I could have kept talking to her forever, but we had a”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

“I’m not sure if it was Einstein who said it, but no matter. It does the trick. ‘There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is.’ Which one do you choose, Carver?”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

“never”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

“no matter what any of us did, the intentions were always right.”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

“All the motivation you need is in the joy of realizing your full potential.” Slightly skeptical, I asked, “How”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

“They didn’t put your motivations in your obituary, only your accomplishments.”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars and see yourself running with them.”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

“Love certainly comes with its risks, but the risk of living a life without love is far more dangerous.”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

“She returned her eyes to me.”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

“The part that . . . needs to lighten up and not take yourself so seriously.”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

“They loved you unconditionally”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

“you were or what you did.”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

“If we all had to wear cards showing a list of our missteps, we’d be less judgmental”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

“When you can put yourself in a state of awe, you see things for what they truly are. We’re lifted out of the fragile cage in which our tiny minds are often trapped.”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

“love is worth the risk, because a life without love isn’t a life at all.”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

“One day you’ll realize you worked your whole life to get to a point where you can start living, and the one regret you’ll have is you could have been living all along.”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

“All the motivation you need is in the joy of realizing your full potential.”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

“Do you remember the words I shared from Maria Mitchell, the first female astronomer?” She perked up, her voice finding sure ground. “Mingle the starlight with your lives and you won’t be fretted by trifles.” “Ah, I suppose I do remember that quote.” “What she’s going after is exactly why she became an astronomer in the first place, and why I have always impressed upon you and every other one of my students the importance of lifting one’s chin. It’s about experiencing awe, Carver. When you can put yourself in a state of awe, you see things for what they truly are. We’re lifted out of the fragile cage in which our tiny minds are often trapped.”
― Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie