27 Quotes by Aaron Hartzler

Sometimes inspiration just requires looking at things from a different point of view.

Learning how to walk away uses a different set of muscles, new ones that I haven’t yet developed.

The closer you look, the more you see.

The heart is a muscle, it would seem, both literally and figuratively. It does some things like beating and loving from memory, completely on its own.

Remember,” Mr. Johnston says, “nothing is exactly as it appears. The closer you look, the more you see.

In a flash, the version of myself so carefully constructed for Mom’s and Dad’s eyes crumbles all around me. I have let them see my truth. Not the son I pretend to be, or the son they thought I was, but the son I really am.

Why does everybody say ‘feminist’ that way?” “What way?” “The way Dooney kept saying ‘herpes’ after health class last year. Like it’s this terrible, unspeakable thing.

I mean, why would a God create all of us and put us here if we were supposed to go around feeling bad about ourselves and pretending to be somebody we’re not? How is hiding who you are telling the truth?

I’m not saying Jesus won’t come back; I’ve just decided I can’t keep hoping to be rescued from my life. Maybe it’s up to me to change things. It’s time to start saving myself.