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Quotemas Day 23
16:00 / BY Jovana Tomin
“Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.” - Stephen Chbosky, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower I feel like this quote is similar to a few ones that I've already elaborated, but it's another very true one. I really find this quote encouraging because I know from experience that it's telling the truth. A lot of things will change in our lives, a lot of people will come and go, but those changes won't ever...
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” - Theodore Roosevelt To summarise - use what you've got instead of complaining about the things you don't have and wishing you did. I can be guilty of doing this, for sure, but we can all agree that there's no point to it. If you can't change your situation, find a way to make the best of it. That's all the philosophy from me for...
Quotemas Day 21
16:00 / BY Jovana Tomin
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” - J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Coming from someone who doesn't like confrontation at all, this statement really is true. Standing up to people you don't really like isn't the most pleasant thing you'll do, but at the end of the day it can feel somewhat rewarding. However, standing up to your...
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” - George Eliot This is kind of like the Troye Sivan quote about creating yourself instead of finding yourself. You can literally change anything you want about yourself whenever you want, so there's no need to beat yourself up over the things you don't like. Sometimes it might take a bit more time and effort to change a particular trait, but in the grand scheme...
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You This quote to me is both encouraging and daunting at the same time. Realizing that one day your current inhibitions and anxieties might make you...
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” - Robert Frost First of all, sorry that this post is almost 7 hours late. But hey, better late than never, right? Now onto the quote. I've recently been feeling pretty unsettled by loads of things and I've been thinking way too much and getting myself all nervous. What I like to do in those moments is to tell myself that that...
''Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.'' - Dr. Seuss I mean, this is just such a classic quote, isn't it? I don't think there's really much to say about it and not be Captain Obvious. I feel like this is something everyone should go by because what's past is past and we can't change that. There's no point in dwelling over things that we have no effect on. Instead, we should just...
''I knew it wasn’t too important, but it made me sad anyway.'' - J. D. Salinger This is typical me. I get sad or worried about things all the time even when I know that in the grand scheme of things, or sometimes not even the grand scheme, it is of no significance to my life. I don't know why my brain does this, but I must tell you that it is pretty annoying. Sometimes...
''You can’t ascribe great cosmic significance to a simple earthly event. Coincidence, that’s all anything ever is. Nothing more than coincidence.'' - 500 Days of Summer This is a little something like the quote I discussed on Quotemas Day 11. I simply don't believe in destiny or fate or any sort of cosmic plan that is made for us. However, I do believe in coincidence and I do believe in making right, or sometimes wrong,...
''Everyone pretends to be normal and be your best friend, but underneath, everyone is living some other life you don’t know about, and if only we had a camera on us at all times we could go watch each other’s tapes and see what each of us is really like.'' - James Franco The moral of the story is quite simple here: you never fully know someone. This is a pretty scary thing, I must...
''Life isn’t about finding yourself, it’s about creating yourself.'' - Troye Sivan Kicking things of slightly cheesier than usual today. I don't know about you, but I've always hated the phrase 'finding youself'. Myself is not hiding somewhere and waiting for my, apparently, nonself to find it. Myself is what I am and who I am every day of my life. If I decide to change that, then that is myself. It's simply about doing...
''Nothing is instant.'' - John Green, Looking for Alaska I've already talked about a similar quote and that one was also by John Green. So I am simply going to summarise that one. I love how this sentence is so simple, yet so effective. I feel like nowadays we expect everything to be done as quick as possible and the Internet is partially to blame for that. Everything is so quick and easy online, isn't...
''There might be God, and there might not, but I don’t think it matters. Either way, we’re on our own.'' - Cassandra Clare I think this might be too touchy of a subject, so I won't go on for too long. This is a quote from the book series The Mortal Instruments. It really stuck with me, because I think whether you believe in God or not, your actions are your own responsibility. I don't think...
''Sometimes it’s the people no one imagines anything of that do the things no one can imagine.'' This is a quote from the movie The Theory of Everything. I love it because it just gives you so much hope, doesn't it? You don't have to be the most popular person in high school or college to end up doing the most amazing things. I think I'll just leave you with that today as I don't...
''At some point, you have to stop looking up at the sky, or one of these days, you’ll look back down and see that you floated away, too.'' - John Green, Paper Towns I mean, this quote just speaks for itself, doesn't it? I don't wanna stifle you with words today, I think you can get the just very easily yourself. John Green definitely has a way of words and I think that's the reason why...
''We are homesick most for the places we have never known.'' - Carson McCullers If you're a bit of a daydreamer and a slight bit of a space cadette, you'll know exactly what Carson McCullers is talking about. I can only talk from my own experience, of course, but it's definitely happened that I imagine something that's so perfect and I keep it in the back of my mind as sort of a safety blanket. It...
''Why are we so embarrassed by silence? What comfort do we find in all the noise?'' - Mitch Albom This is a question that's been haunting my brain for ages. I am the first one to admit that I get a bit uncomfortable when I have nothing to say to a person and we're just standing there in silence. But I'm not the only example, of course. The prove to that is the mere term...
Quotemas Day 6
16:00 / BY Jovana Tomin
,,The problem with things is that everyone is always comparing everyone with everyone and because of that, it discredits people'', Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower I don't know if you've been following my blog long enough to remember my first ever quote elaboration, but it was this quote in the matter. That was about a year ago and I still feel the same about it. I am repeating it, because it's one of...
''How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?'' - John Lennon We all get into those slumps when we don't actually know what we are doing with our lives and I think that's when this quote really hits the nail on the head. At some point we're sort of just going on autopilot because we have no idea what we are supposed to do, so we're basically just winging it....
A lot can happen in a year. This is one of my favourite quotes because it is so, so true. I find it very scary, but at the same time kind of comforting. It’s nice to have that thought in the back of your mind if something is not going right in your life. On the other hand, it’s also good to have that as a kind of a warning – you can never know...
''The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.'' - St. Augustine Every travel lover will understand this. There is so much that you can learn and discover in the world that it seems simply foolish choosing not to travel around and explore. Even if it’s just a trip to a nearby town, there might be something new and exciting around any corner, so why not find out? By traveling,...
''The less you know the sounder you sleep.'' - Russian proverb I mean, this one just speaks for itself, doesn’t it? It’s true that the truth is always better than lying even when it hurts, but then again – what you don’t know can’t hurt you. That takes a bit of pondering over because none of us like being lied to, but we also don’t always want to know the truth. What’s better in your opinion?...
''I wondered if a memory is something you have or something you’ve lost.'' - Woody Allen Do we actually know the answer to this? A memory is obviously something that’s in the past, but can we say that a particular moment from the past that we happen to remember is something that is still a part of our lives? Or is it just the time that used to be our present, but at this moment is...
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