"When do you throw in the towel, admit a lost cost is sometimes just that? There comes a point when it all becomes too much; when we get too tired to fight anymore, so we give up. That’s when the real work begins - to find hope where there seems to be absolutely none at all."
"If only life was just a dress rehearsal and we had time for do-overs; we’d be able to practise and practise every moment until we got it right. Unfortunately, everyday of our lives is its own performance. It seems like even when we get the chance to rehearse and prepare and practise, we’re still never ready for life’s grand moments."
"I’m going to tell you something about my personal life. My personal life is none of your business; the fact that I know things about your personal life is one of the great sadnesses of my existence. And the fact that you know about mine is exponentially worse, but I don’t see how we get around it."
"You can’t prepare for a sudden impact. You can’t brace yourself. It just hits you out of nowhere. And suddenly, the life you knew before is over forever."
"Victims of a sudden impact are some of the hardest to treat. It’s not just the collision that injuries them, it’s everything after. The centrifugal force keeps their body moving. Tossing them from vehicles, throwing them through windshields, slamming their internal organs into their skeleton. Their bodies are injured over and over again so there’s no way to know how much damage has been done until they stop."
"The sun will rise tomorrow. It always does, and all the wishing in the world for the way things were, or for what they could have been, won’t change that. It won’t change how things are."
Elizabeth Scott
Jan 242012
"You can’t base the rest of your life on one desperate moment. God doesn’t punish people for being in love.."
"I’m not too tough. I’m a pacifist, if you want the truth."
The Catcher In The Rye
Jan 242012
"There might be some loves that seem bigger than others or more complicated or harder to let go off, but there’s a reason they’re not meant to be. You cannot choose who you love, but, you can choose how you love them. And there are some people you can only love by not being with them."
"Sticks and stones may just break bones, but the wounds from words never heal, especially when they’re words we hoped we never read."
Gossip Girl
Dec 132011
"These are the things we beg for; a root canal, an I.R.S. audit, coffee spilled on our clothes.. when the really terrible things happen, we start begging the God we don’t believe in, to bring back the little horrors, and take away this. It seems quaint now, doesn’t it; the flood in the kitchen, the poison oak, the fight that leaves you shaking with rage.. would it have helped if we could see what else was coming? Would we have known that those were the best moments of our lives?"
"I had a terrible day.” We say it all the time; a fight with the boss, the stomach flu, traffic.. that’s what we describe as terrible, when nothing terrible is happening."
Grey’s Anatomy
Dec 132011
"It’s a little bit horrifying just how quickly everything can fall to crap. Sometimes, it takes a huge loss to remind you of what you care about the most. Sometimes, you find yourself becoming stronger as a result. Wiser, better equipped to deal with the next disaster that comes along. Sometimes.. but not always."
"As babies, we were easy. One cry meant you were hungry.. Another, you were tired. It’s only as adults that we become difficult. We start to hide our feelings, put up walls. It gets to the point where we never really know how anyone thinks or feels. Without meaning to, we become masters of disguise."
