30 Quotes by Tim Federle

Because there’s only two ways to treat a door in scene: Slam it shut or fling it open. The rest is amateur.

What matters to you the most, and why does it matter? What rights are you worried about losing, or whose lives do you fear for? Tell their stories.

It’s a good moment, which is all you can count on or hope for, I think. Tiny little good moments that you catch like a firefly, and just life fireflies, you have to release them, because the whole point is that they’re tiny and little and need to be with other fireflies. They aren’t a pet. They aren’t yours to keep. They’re just moments. They’re just fireflies.

I don’t consider myself to be precious, necessarily, but give me air-conditioning or give me death.

But the thing about scars is that, as much as they knot you up, they can make you stronger, too. Collect enough scars and you get a whole extra layer of skin, for free.

That’s actually the most confusing part about being alive without knowing the end of your own hero’s journey. You never know if it’s time to go home or head into battle. You never know if you’ve already faced your biggest monster.

Basically it is unbelievable how sweet i can be when nobody is watching.

Wonder Woman once famously explained her philosophy: “We have a saying among my people. ‘Don’t kill if you can wound, don’t wound if you can subdue, don’t subdue if you can pacify. And don’t raise your hand at all unless you’ve first extended it.

In Pittsburgh, time is just endless.