197 Quotes by Katherine Center

Even people with terrible people skills didn’t have people skills this terrible.

When things got tough, I went for a run. I ran in the rain. I ran at night sometimes – or at four in the morning.

Then he bent down in front of me and met my eyes for the first time all day. He looked straight into my pupils until he had my full attention. Then he said, “Whether you walk again or not, I’m going to tell you the one thing I know for certain.” I blinked. “What’s that?” He took a deep breath. “It’s the trying that heals you. That’s all you have to do. Just try.

Pay attention to the things that connect you with joy.

The things you think about determine the things you think about” – meaning the more you focus on something, the more likely your brain is to focus on it.

Joy is an antidote to fear. To anger. To boredom. To sorrow.

Wake up. Feel angry. Avoid human contact. Smash dishes. Repeat.

More than anything, I know that you just have to choose to make the best of things. You get one life, and it only goes forward. And there really are all kinds of happy endings.

I’m always amazed at how fast siblings can warp-speed into a state of rage. It’s like they keep everything they were ever angry about growing up shoved into an overstuffed emotional closet, and at moments like these, it takes about two seconds to swing the door open and start an avalanche.