324 Quotes by Cynthia Hand

There’s death all around us. Everywhere we look. 1.8 people kill themselves every second. We just don’t pay attention. Until we do.

So I'm in love. That crazy, forget to eat, float around in a daze, talk on the phone all night and bounce out of bed every morning hoping to see him kind of love.

Our purpose on this earth is not a single event, an accomplishment we can check off a list. There is no test. No passing or failing. There’s only us, each moment shaping who we are, into what we will become. So I say forget about the future. Pay attention to now. This moment right now. Let go of expectations. Just be. Then you are free to become something great.

Well, I figure if a girl wants to be a legend, she should just go ahead and be one.

Without stories, we’re all just lonely islands.

You never know when it’s going to be the last time. That you hug someone. That you kiss. that you say goodbye.

She took a shuddering breath. Crying, she told herself sternly, does not indicate that you are weak.

The worst part about her new chambers was that all these wardrobes and vanities and drapes meant there was no space – none at all – for a bookcase. Who on earth could feel comfortable enough to sleep in a room with no books?

Sanity is overrated.