Quotes About Adjustment

Things couldn't stay the same forever.

Things have a way of settling back.

Nothing like high school. It's a lot of pressure. And . . . I didn't think you'd be so far away." I

The thing is, you get used to it. Before you even realise it's happening, you get used to things being different...

Everything's changing," I say, sighing.

We three probably won't ever live in the same house together again. We'll come home for holidays and school breaks, but it won't be the same. It won't be what it was. But I suppose it hasn't been, not since Margot left for college. The thing is, you get used to it. Before you even realize it's happening, you get used to things being different, and it will be that way for Kitty too.

The thing is, you get used to it. Before you even realize it's happening, you get used to things being different.

The place changed while I wasn't looking.

Like snow globes, you shake them up, and for a moment everything is upside down and glitter everywhere and it's just like magic—but then it all settles and goes back to where it's supposed to be. Things have a way of settling back.

I guess that's part of growing up, too—saying good-bye to the things you used to love.

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Sometimes change was good. Sometimes it was even exactly what you needed.

We cannot erase the past, but we can adjust our present to the lessons history teaches. Instead of denying or condemning old offenses, we should seek to understand them. We must not allow injustices to recur out of ignorance or wishful thinking.

Give me a second to put on something a little less Almost Got Killed In.

This habit of getting used to things is the reason that we seem to forget so quickly.

ALREADY KNOW the camp on the moors. It was here that Himmelstoss gave Tjaden his education. But now I know hardly anyone here; as ever, all is altered. There are only a few people that I have occasionally met before. I go through the routine mechanically. In the evenings I generally

The easiest way to get rid of an unwanted conditioned response is to substitute a better response.

A man must shape himself to a new mark directly the old one goes to ground.

For he was not strong enough to receive the impact of unfamiliar things without a little talk to break their fall.

I soon realized we just swapped one hell for another.

Adapt or die. Some

Of course, you can't spend all of your time listening to random inputs. But you should be open to them. As you keep doing it, you will develop a feel for whose views are apt to contain gems of information and a sense of who will take advantage of your openness to clutter you with noise. Over time, then, you can adjust your receptivity accordingly.

The Lesson is, we all need to expose ourselves to the winds of change

But you have changed this world. At first, you used force to change it. You treated it as anything that falls into your hands. Now it looks as it the world has started to fit in with you. It's given way to you. It's given in.