Quotes About Influence

People are rarely as attractive in reality as they are in the eyes of the people who are in love with them. Which is, I suppose, as it should be. It's almost heartening to think that the attachment you have can define your perception as much as any other influence.

It's almost heartening to think that the attachment you have can define your perception as much as any other influence.

It's up to you, not fate.

It's up to you, not fate. True. But it was also up to Lily. That was the trickiest part.

All you really need to do is let the comic book geeks know and the rest of the world will follow.

If there were no one else involved, it would be an easy choice. But isn't that always the case? And there's always someone else involved.

If you demonize a person's pleasure, then you can control his or her life.

We vote every time we make a choice. We vote with our lives.

Even though the own world doesn't matter to her, she matter to the world

You like him because he is a lost boy. Believe me, I've seen it happen before. But do you know what happens to girls who love lost boys? They become lost themselves. Without fail.

Teachers are wonderful beings who inspire the spirit and open the mind. Nobody at Padua High School fits that description.

If there was no one else involved, it would be an easy choice. But isn't that always the case? And there's always someone else involved.

Blood is thicker than water, I suppose. It can also leave a much crueler stain.

I would have always been the captain. But now you're in charge.

It is too easy to be ignored in this world, so you've gotta put yourself up front if you want to be counted, and to count.

People are rarely as attractive in reality as they are in the eyes of the people who are in love with them. Which is, I suppose, as it should be. It's almost heartening to think that the attachment you have can define your perception as much as any other influence.

My peers are my role models, and my role models are my peers. Which is extraordinary.

look, tiny - i'm trying to be on my best behavior, but you have to understand - i'm always standing on the edge of something bad. and sometimes someone like you can make me look the other way, so that i don't know how close i am to falling over. but i always end up turning my head. always.

Once you experience enormity, it lingers everywhere you look, and wants to be every world you say.

But no relationship should rely on you blocking out the world. The world will always get in.

even though the world doesn't matter to her, she matters to the world

Once you experience enormity, it lingers everywhere you look, and wants to be every word you say.

But we haven't been there for you. We've been here. Watching as you become the role models.

But whether or not you are here, you are here—because these words are for you, and they wouldn't exist if you weren't here in some way.