214 Quotes by Kasie West

I was locked in the library trying not to panic. Literally locked. As in, no escape. Every door, every window, every air vent.

I guess everyone wants what they don’t have.

This deep, intense caring about someone’s well-being. About wanting that person to be okay no matter what happens to yourself.

Courage isn’t the absence of fear but the ability to move forward despite the fear.

My commitment falters. “It comes out. Twenty-one washes.” That’s not what I intended to say. The plan was to put my hand on my hip and say, “It’s my hair. I can do what I want with it.” That’s what brave, angsty teenagers say after they do something rebellious. But I’m pretty sure those teenagers didn’t ever have to answer to someone like my mother. I’m also sure I’m neither brave nor angsty.

People need to hear hard things sometimes to push them to be better.

But people fear what they don’t know.

That’s because I’ve been trying to get over him since the minute I met him so I’m one step ahead of myself.

Aw, I’m like a proud mother bird watching my daughter fly from the nest. Fly, little bird, fly. Oh no! Don’t fall. No, that’s the ground. Addie, watch out for the ground. Man, tough luck. You’d better come back home.