103 Quotes by Sarah Noffke

Books are full of words and they are the most influential tools in the world. These seemingly innocent things strung together by letters have the power to ignite ideas, to spark a dying motivation, to fuel a passion.

Second chances don’t ever, ever come along. You go and seize them.

The big top deflating symbolized death. The end of another round of shows. The last part of the life of this big top. The same big top would be reborn in another city. It would rise into the air, like the phoenix, but it would never be like this tent, with its backdrop and its smells and its winds.

Depends on one’s perspective whether my current state of affairs is considered hilarious. A stranger peering into my life would probably find it quite comical. I think it’s tragically humiliating, to say the very least.

We are humans who make wrong decisions, who act in strange ways, who have freckles and ailments. We are humans who are incredible in both our capacity to love and our resistance to hate. And in our imperfections we are beautiful.

People fight wars for power. But those who win are motivated by love. Never lose sight of that.

Is this what normal people do?” he asked. “Do they wake up every day next to someone they love and receive affection?

I backspaced. Tried a different ending for that chapter. Took a walk. Had a drink. Took another walk. Had another drink. Yes, I get that walking won’t solve my problems. That’s why I drink.

Everyone treats you extra nice when they think you’re about to die.