197 Quotes by Katherine Center

He was like a Latino firefighting Ken doll – so bizarrely perfect, he wasn’t even real.

The most important thing to remember is that getting what you want doesn’t make you happy. Happiness is more about appreciation than acquisition.

As if you don’t always lose by definition when you push the people who love you away.

We’re just going to have to wait for-” Then she saw us, and looked Ian over, in his flannel shirt and jeans. “The Brawny paper-towel guy.

Love is always a disaster, darling. That’s what makes it fun.

I wasn’t a stranger to grieving, to the way it drowned you but didn’t kill you – only kept you submerged for so long you forgot what air and sunshine even felt like. I knew that grief set its own timeline, and that the only way out was through.

You have to be brave with your life, so that others can be brave with theirs.

Love makes you better because it’s hard. Taking risks makes you better because it’s terrifying. That’s how it works. You’ll never get anything that matters without earning it. And even what you get” – she lifted her chin in defiance – “you won’t get to keep. Joy is fleeting. Nothing lasts. That’s exactly what courage.

It’s a deliberate kind of joy. It’s a conscious kind of joy. It’s joy on purpose.” Duncan squinted like he really wasn’t sold. “In clown socks and a tutu.” “I’m telling you. I know all about darkness. That’s why I am so hell-bent, every damn day, on looking for the light.