311 quotes found
“This is a test. This is only a test. If this was my actual life I'd be famous, rich, and thin.”
“It’s a neighborhood where every dad has at least one job and where parents often end conversations with the words: no guts, no glory.”
“It’s sad really, trying to appreciate all of the great events in our lives and all the amazingly good days. Sometimes it seems like we take them for granted, until something bad comes along to put ...”
“You only go through High School once, but if you go through the way we did, that's enough.”
“I’ll be like Esther. Your daughter.”“You ain’t that strong.”
“We aren’t encouraged to think for ourselves and ask questions. We are expected to accept what they teach us as infallible truths.”
“You are meant to be, despite how you got here; you’ll see someday.”
“I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and taking notice—of the world, my body, others—in a way never before experienced. ...”
“So you’re the little smart ass from Poleglass.”I wanted to point out he sounded like Dr. Seuss but bit my lip and remembered the warning the old lady gave me.”
“I love you when you’re happy. I love you when you’re sad. I love you if you’re angry,And I love you if you’re bad. No matter how you feel, I love you all the time.Oh my sweet, dear baby, I love you...”
“I was the ref. I was the ref they didn’t know about. Deaf and dumb. Invisible as a wall. I wanted no one to win”
