#changes

I wish I could say we all lived happily ever after. I can't. But I can say we lived. Our love for Nate lives, and he's left us this piece of himself in his art; it was his gift to us. We know him through his art, and I can take comfort in that. I guess the thing about high school is, it's the moment when you start to cross from a being a kid to being an adult, and this journey to know yourself begins. Nate's journey ended to early, and I thought I had to run away to some far-off land to start mine. But, for now, it seems to me that I have enough to explore right here. There's a whole continent to discover in myself, and I know that it's love - love for my parents, my friends, my brother, and my art - that will guide me. Love will be my map. ↗

— Lisa Ann Sandell

#cora #experiences #fondness #friendship #guidance

Life is not a matter of chance...it is a matter of choice. ↗

— Ka

#chances #changes #choices #goals #life

President Obama's reelection started the countdown for lawmakers to address the fiscal cliff and the statutory debt limit. Unless the President and House Republicans can agree on changes to current law, the U.S. economy will be in recession by spring. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#agree #changes #cliff #current #current law

Bottom line is, even if you see 'em coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So what are we, helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come. You can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#changes #inspirational #life #self-determination #self-discovery

Laugh whenever you can. Keeps you from killing yourself when things are bad. That and vodka. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#drinking #harry-dresden #laughter #sanity #sanya

It's never the changes we want that change everything. ↗

— Junot Díaz

#change

It was not a triumphal return. Home, as I had known it, was gone. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#home #change

The weak makes excuses, the strong makes changes. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#excuses #strong #weak #change

I’m an idiot for thinking that one performance would change anything. Maybe I should stop writing songs and start writing fiction. ↗

— Elizabeth Eulberg

#ethan #fiction #songs #change

Every time I hear a political speech or I read those of our leaders, I am horrified at having, for years, heard nothing which sounded human. It is always the same words telling the same lies. ↗

— Albert Camus

#nothing-ever-changes #politics #the-sad-truth #change