Quotes About Adaptation

There came a time when you realized that moving on was pointless. That you took yourself with you wherever you went.

A person can't change all at once.

You learned to accept, or you ended up in a small room writing letters home with Crayolas.

She couldn't be on his wavelength all the time. That's all. When you could recognize that and deal with it, you were on your way to an adult relationship.

Humans were built to look back; that's why we have that swivel joint in our necks

I changed it. I had to. Do you know why? She studied him, her eyes grave. Because that was then and this is now. Because the past is gone, even though it defines the present.

Even people capable of living in the past don't really know what the future holds.

Living by your wits is always knowing where the wasps are.

Time and tide wait for no man.

You'd be surprised what a person can live with," Dan said.

It's best to have your tools with you. If you don't, you're apt to find something you didn't expect and get discouraged.

Resistance to change is proportional to how much the future might be altered by any given act.

There came a time when you realised that moving on was pointless. That you took yourself with you wherever you went.

Maybe people really don't change as much as we think. Maybe they just... maybe they just stiffen up.

One does not always need to hear a slam to know that the door has been closed.

We either learn to accept or we end up writing letters home with crayons.

Do I know what people say? Sure. I shrug it off. what else can you do? Stop people from talking? You might as well try to stop the wind from blowing.

The world turns, that's all. You can hold on and turn with it, or stand up to protest and be spun right off.

Put an egg in your shoe and beat it, make like a tree and leave, imitate an amoeba and split.

Hairstyles change, and skirt lengths, and slang, but high school administrations? Never.

Don't look back, never look back. How often do people tell themselves that after an experience that is exceptionally good (or exceptionally bad?)? Often, I suppose. And the advice usually goes unheeded. Humans were built to look back; that's why we have tat swivel joint in our necks.

life is what we make it and acceptance is the key to all our affairs.

On the way home I remembered a bit of old folklore about how to boil a frog. You put it in cold water, then start turning up the heat. If you do it gradually, the frog is too stupid to jump out. I don't know if it's true or not, but I decided it was an excellent metaphor for growing old.

When all the normal patterns and routines of a person's life fell apart—and with such shocking suddenness—you had to find something you could hold onto, something that was both sane and predictable.