"I mean, I didn't get the answer I wanted. But it didn't keep me from keeping on."
-Haylie Reinhardt, one of the Top-24 contestants on American Idol who was cut last season
They say that things just cannot grow
Beneath the winter snow
Or so I've been told ...
This is my winter song
December never felt so wrong
'Cause you're not where you belong ...
I still believe in summer days
The seasons always change
And life will find a way
-"Wintersong" by Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michalson
"Have fables fallen so far out of fashion that the Princesses have to do everything themselves? Call us old school, but sometimes the Fairy Tale ending requires the Knight to get off his ass and saddle up his steed."
-from Gossip Girl (Episode 1.06, The Handmaiden's Tale)
"In the beginning, there was no baseball. But ever since, there have been few beginnings as good as the start of baseball season. It is the most splendid time in sport."
-written by B.J. Phillips, but read by Dan Dickerson over the radio to start the Tigers spring training home-opener
"I believe in the good ... I believe that believing we survive is what makes us survive."
-said by Izzie on Grey's Anatomy (Episode 3.16, Drowning on Dry Land)
"Every year has it's own story, it's own little twist to it."
-Brennan Boesch
"It's less fatiguing if you stay balanced with your mind frame, and don't get too high or low, and that's definitely something I'm toying around with."
-Brennan Boesch
"Pressure is relative. There's pressure on everyone here. Everyone has their own idea of what they want to accomplish, what they want to do."
-Brennan Boesch
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free
-"Blackbird" by the Beatles
"I hope you end up caring about Bree as much as I do, though that's kind of a cruel wish. You know this: it doesn't end well for her. But at least you will know the whole story. And that no perspective is ever really trivial."
-Stephenie Meyer's introduction to The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
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Showing posts with label Stephenie Meyer. Show all posts
Monday, February 28, 2011
Monday, October 4, 2010
Getting something, then having the wits to use it ...
A few new ones tonight ...
"'The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation,' she said. 'Evil is easy to fight. Lack of wisdom ... that is very hard indeed.'"
-from Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titan's Curse (Book 3) by Rick Riordan
"'We know you, Annabeth,' the left face said. 'We know what you wrestle with every day. We know your indecision. You will have to make your choice sooner or later. And the choice may kill you.'"
-from Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth (Book 4) by Rick Riordan
"You see, in times of trouble, even gods can lose faith. They start putting their trust in the wrong things, petty things. They stop looking at the big picture and start being selfish. But I'm the goddess of marriage, you see. I'm used to perseverance. You have to rise above the squabbling and chaos, and keep believing. You have to always keep your goals in mind."
-from Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth (Book 4) by Rick Riordan
"Getting something and having the wits to to use it ... those are two different things."
-from Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth (Book 4) by Rick Riordan
"I'd had more than my fair share of near-death experiences; it wasn't something you ever really got used to. It seemed oddly inevitable, though, facing death again. Like I really was marked for disaster. I'd escaped time and time again, but it kept coming back for me. Still, this time was different from the others. You could run from someone you feared, you could try to fight someone you hated. All my reactions were geared toward those kinds of killers -- the monsters, the enemies. When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no option. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give to your beloved, how could you not give it?"
-from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
"Because I was so fragilely human, so accident-prone, so much a victim to my own dangerous bad luck, apparently I needed a tank-resistant car to keep me safe."
-from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
"But my idiocy would not ruin anything else tonight. I would put this away, shove it in a drawer and lock it up to deal with later. There would be plenty of time to flagellate myself for this, and nothing I could do now would help."
-from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
"I wasn't freaking out because I thought we were making a mistake. Not at all. I was freaking out because I had no idea how to do this, and I was afraid to walk out of this room and face the unknown ... How did people do this -- swallow their fears and trust someone else so implicitly with every imperfection and fear they had?"
-from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
"My first instinct, the product of a lifetime of insecurities was to wonder what I had done wrong. I thought through everything that had happened, but I could find any sour note in the memory. It had all been simpler than I'd expected; we'd fit together like corresponding pieces, made to match up. This had given me a secret satisfaction ... Fire and ice, somehow existing together without destroying each other. More proof that I belonged with him."
-from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
"Children, in the abstract, had never appealed to me. They seemed to be loud creatures, often dripping with some form of goo. I'd never had much to do with them. When I'd dreamed of Renee providing me with a brother, I'd always imagined an older brother. Someone to take care of me, rather than the other way around."
-from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
"Because I was so fragilely human, so accident-prone, so much a victim to my own dangerous bad luck, apparently I needed a tank-resistant car to keep me safe."
-from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
"And yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays."
-A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare (Act II, Scene i)
"Why didn't I just walk away? Oh right, because I'm an idiot."
-from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
"I understand why you blond vampire is so cold -- in the figurative sense. She's focused. She's got her eyes on the prize, right? Because you always want the very most what you can never, ever have."
-from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
"Seemed like maybe getting your choices taken away from you wasn't the very worst thing in the world ... So how do you look for a random soul mate in a crowd? Well, first, I needed a crowd."
-from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
"Personal affection is a luxury you can have only after all your enemies are eliminated. Until then, everyone you love is a hostage, sapping your courage and corrupting your judgment."
-from Empire by Orson Scott Card
"'The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation,' she said. 'Evil is easy to fight. Lack of wisdom ... that is very hard indeed.'"
-from Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titan's Curse (Book 3) by Rick Riordan
"'We know you, Annabeth,' the left face said. 'We know what you wrestle with every day. We know your indecision. You will have to make your choice sooner or later. And the choice may kill you.'"
-from Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth (Book 4) by Rick Riordan
"You see, in times of trouble, even gods can lose faith. They start putting their trust in the wrong things, petty things. They stop looking at the big picture and start being selfish. But I'm the goddess of marriage, you see. I'm used to perseverance. You have to rise above the squabbling and chaos, and keep believing. You have to always keep your goals in mind."
-from Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth (Book 4) by Rick Riordan
"Getting something and having the wits to to use it ... those are two different things."
-from Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth (Book 4) by Rick Riordan
"I'd had more than my fair share of near-death experiences; it wasn't something you ever really got used to. It seemed oddly inevitable, though, facing death again. Like I really was marked for disaster. I'd escaped time and time again, but it kept coming back for me. Still, this time was different from the others. You could run from someone you feared, you could try to fight someone you hated. All my reactions were geared toward those kinds of killers -- the monsters, the enemies. When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no option. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give to your beloved, how could you not give it?"
-from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
"Because I was so fragilely human, so accident-prone, so much a victim to my own dangerous bad luck, apparently I needed a tank-resistant car to keep me safe."
-from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
"But my idiocy would not ruin anything else tonight. I would put this away, shove it in a drawer and lock it up to deal with later. There would be plenty of time to flagellate myself for this, and nothing I could do now would help."
-from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
"I wasn't freaking out because I thought we were making a mistake. Not at all. I was freaking out because I had no idea how to do this, and I was afraid to walk out of this room and face the unknown ... How did people do this -- swallow their fears and trust someone else so implicitly with every imperfection and fear they had?"
-from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
"My first instinct, the product of a lifetime of insecurities was to wonder what I had done wrong. I thought through everything that had happened, but I could find any sour note in the memory. It had all been simpler than I'd expected; we'd fit together like corresponding pieces, made to match up. This had given me a secret satisfaction ... Fire and ice, somehow existing together without destroying each other. More proof that I belonged with him."
-from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
"Children, in the abstract, had never appealed to me. They seemed to be loud creatures, often dripping with some form of goo. I'd never had much to do with them. When I'd dreamed of Renee providing me with a brother, I'd always imagined an older brother. Someone to take care of me, rather than the other way around."
-from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
"Because I was so fragilely human, so accident-prone, so much a victim to my own dangerous bad luck, apparently I needed a tank-resistant car to keep me safe."
-from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
"And yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays."
-A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare (Act II, Scene i)
"Why didn't I just walk away? Oh right, because I'm an idiot."
-from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
"I understand why you blond vampire is so cold -- in the figurative sense. She's focused. She's got her eyes on the prize, right? Because you always want the very most what you can never, ever have."
-from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
"Seemed like maybe getting your choices taken away from you wasn't the very worst thing in the world ... So how do you look for a random soul mate in a crowd? Well, first, I needed a crowd."
-from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
"Personal affection is a luxury you can have only after all your enemies are eliminated. Until then, everyone you love is a hostage, sapping your courage and corrupting your judgment."
-from Empire by Orson Scott Card
Friday, August 6, 2010
through it all just stand up ...
The heart is stronger than you think
Lit it could go through anything
And even when you think it can't
It finds a way to still push on through
Sometimes you want to run away
Ain't got the patience for the pain
And if you don't believe it, look into your heart
The beat goes on
I'm telling you things get better
Through whatever
If you fall, dust it off, don't let up
Don't you know you can go be your own miracle
You need to know
If the mind keeps thinking you've had enough
But the heart keeps telling you don't give up
Who are we to be questioning, wondering what is what?
Don't give up, through it all just stand up
... You don't gotta be a prisoner in your mind
If you fall, dust if off, you can live your life
Yeah, let your heart be your guide
-"Just Stand Up" by Various Artists (compilation)
"Time takes pleasure in kicking our asses. For even the strongest of us, it seems to play tricks. Slowing down, hovering, until it freezes, leaving us stuck in a moment, unable to move in one direction or the other. ... Time flies. Time waits for no man. time heals all wounds. All any of us want is more time. Time to stand up. Time to grow up. Time to let go. Time."
-from Grey's Anatomy, Episode 3.1 (The Time Has Come Today)
"You know, I've faced adversity before, and the only way to get through something tough is to keep working hard."
-Brennan Boesch
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
-Robert Frost (and also, the opening passage for Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer)
In regards to the novel Wuthering Heights:
"'Honestly, though, why do you read it over and over?' His eyes were vivid with real interest, now, trying - again - to unravel the convoluted workings of my mind. He reached across the table to cradle my face in his hand. 'What is it that appeals to you?' His sincere curiosity diarmed me. 'I'm not sure,"I said, scrambling for coherency while his gaze unintentionally scattered my thoughts. 'I think it's something about the inevitability. How nothing can keep them apart - not her selfishness, or his evil, or even death, in the end ...' His face was thoughtful as he considered my words. After a moment he smiled a teasing smile. 'I still think it would be a better story if either of them had one redeeming quality. 'I think that may be the point,' I disagreed. 'Their love is their only redeeming quality.'"
-from the Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
"'Your bad luck seems to get more potent every day. Do you realize that your insatiable pull for all things deadly was strong enough to recover a pack of mutant canines from extinction? If we could bottle your luck, we'd have a weapon of mass destruction on our hands.'"
-from the Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
"As we walked, I felt myself settling into another version of myself, the self I had been with Jacob. A little younger, a little less responsible. Someone who might, on occasion, do something really stupid for no good reason."
-from the Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
"This was why I was here. This was why I would take whatever reception waited for me when I got back. Because, underneath all the anger and the sarcasm, Jacob was in pain. Right now, it was very clear in his eyes. I didn't know how to help him, but I knew I had to try. It was more than that I owed him. It was because his pain hurt me, too. Jacob had become a part of me, and there was no changing that now."
-from the Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
"Hanging out with no one but extremely dexterous people all the time was going to give me a complex."
-from the Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
"I felt like someone had kicked my legs out from under me. The weeks of stress, of worry ... somehow in the middle of all my obsessing over the time, my time had disappeared. My space for sorting through it all, for making plans, had vanished. I was out of time. And I wasn't ready."
-from the Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
"Having experienced the way it feels to think I've lost you ... my reactions have changed. My entire being shies away from any course that could inspire that kind of pain again."
-from the Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
"My hindsight seemed unbearably clear tonight. I could see every mistake I'd made, every bit of harm I'd done, the small things and the big things. Each pain I'd caused Jacob, each wound I'd given Edward, stacked up into neat piles that I could not ignore or deny."
-from the Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
"I was eventually exhausted enough to sleep. Unconsciousness did not bring full relief from the pain, just a numbing, dulling ease, like medicine. Made it more bearable. But it was still there; I was aware of it, even asleep, and that helped me to make the adjustments I needed to make."
-from the Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Lit it could go through anything
And even when you think it can't
It finds a way to still push on through
Sometimes you want to run away
Ain't got the patience for the pain
And if you don't believe it, look into your heart
The beat goes on
I'm telling you things get better
Through whatever
If you fall, dust it off, don't let up
Don't you know you can go be your own miracle
You need to know
If the mind keeps thinking you've had enough
But the heart keeps telling you don't give up
Who are we to be questioning, wondering what is what?
Don't give up, through it all just stand up
... You don't gotta be a prisoner in your mind
If you fall, dust if off, you can live your life
Yeah, let your heart be your guide
-"Just Stand Up" by Various Artists (compilation)
"Time takes pleasure in kicking our asses. For even the strongest of us, it seems to play tricks. Slowing down, hovering, until it freezes, leaving us stuck in a moment, unable to move in one direction or the other. ... Time flies. Time waits for no man. time heals all wounds. All any of us want is more time. Time to stand up. Time to grow up. Time to let go. Time."
-from Grey's Anatomy, Episode 3.1 (The Time Has Come Today)
"You know, I've faced adversity before, and the only way to get through something tough is to keep working hard."
-Brennan Boesch
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
-Robert Frost (and also, the opening passage for Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer)
In regards to the novel Wuthering Heights:
"'Honestly, though, why do you read it over and over?' His eyes were vivid with real interest, now, trying - again - to unravel the convoluted workings of my mind. He reached across the table to cradle my face in his hand. 'What is it that appeals to you?' His sincere curiosity diarmed me. 'I'm not sure,"I said, scrambling for coherency while his gaze unintentionally scattered my thoughts. 'I think it's something about the inevitability. How nothing can keep them apart - not her selfishness, or his evil, or even death, in the end ...' His face was thoughtful as he considered my words. After a moment he smiled a teasing smile. 'I still think it would be a better story if either of them had one redeeming quality. 'I think that may be the point,' I disagreed. 'Their love is their only redeeming quality.'"
-from the Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
"'Your bad luck seems to get more potent every day. Do you realize that your insatiable pull for all things deadly was strong enough to recover a pack of mutant canines from extinction? If we could bottle your luck, we'd have a weapon of mass destruction on our hands.'"
-from the Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
"As we walked, I felt myself settling into another version of myself, the self I had been with Jacob. A little younger, a little less responsible. Someone who might, on occasion, do something really stupid for no good reason."
-from the Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
"This was why I was here. This was why I would take whatever reception waited for me when I got back. Because, underneath all the anger and the sarcasm, Jacob was in pain. Right now, it was very clear in his eyes. I didn't know how to help him, but I knew I had to try. It was more than that I owed him. It was because his pain hurt me, too. Jacob had become a part of me, and there was no changing that now."
-from the Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
"Hanging out with no one but extremely dexterous people all the time was going to give me a complex."
-from the Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
"I felt like someone had kicked my legs out from under me. The weeks of stress, of worry ... somehow in the middle of all my obsessing over the time, my time had disappeared. My space for sorting through it all, for making plans, had vanished. I was out of time. And I wasn't ready."
-from the Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
"Having experienced the way it feels to think I've lost you ... my reactions have changed. My entire being shies away from any course that could inspire that kind of pain again."
-from the Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
"My hindsight seemed unbearably clear tonight. I could see every mistake I'd made, every bit of harm I'd done, the small things and the big things. Each pain I'd caused Jacob, each wound I'd given Edward, stacked up into neat piles that I could not ignore or deny."
-from the Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
"I was eventually exhausted enough to sleep. Unconsciousness did not bring full relief from the pain, just a numbing, dulling ease, like medicine. Made it more bearable. But it was still there; I was aware of it, even asleep, and that helped me to make the adjustments I needed to make."
-from the Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
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