198 Quotes About Reality-check

Misfortunes never come singly.

He hadn't had the satisfaction of telling someone he'd quit, of being believed; but he'd quit. Goodbye. None of this had anything to do with him anymore. Better to be nothing than a blind doorman at the head of civilization's parade.

Tears pricked Kristin’s eyes. She knew Fran was right. She’d used similar words herself—up until Ohio had happened. She was the first to tell people they should be out and proud. It was much easier to say when you hadn’t been the victim of hatred and discrimination.

-Iti spun un lucru. Ce este mai apropiat decat fratele de frate, mama de copil?Ce este mai apropiat decat mana de gura, gandul de minte? E viziunea, Roger. Nu ma astept ca tu sa intelegi asta...-Dar pricep,mai incape vorba!Jocelin isi inalta chipul si deodata zambi:-Chiar intelegi?-Dar vine clipa in care viziunea nu mai e decat jocul copilului de-a-sa-zicem.-Aha!Clatina din cap, incet, atent; si luminile plutira.-Atunci nu intelegi deloc. Deloc.

Of all the crap we carry around self-pity is probably the easiest one to let go. You do not have the right to make your misery everyone else’s problem. You do not have license to go out into the world and be an asshole. You do not have the right to hurt others because you are hurting inside. Get over yourself.

You are on your knees,” I said. “We are not negotiating.

But persistent name calling? that prolongs hurt. It stretches out. Each nasty word stretches the rubber band further away until finally, one day, it snaps back at you with maximum impact

That voice… My voice, it was my voice. How did Flora have my voice? How could I have thrown it away? The only time I was ever happy under the sea was when I was singing, and I sewed my mouth shut in the hopes that a boy I barely knew could kiss it open again.

the world is conditioning your minds with violence