Quotes About Adaptation

Die Realität ist oft unkooperativ

Tommy had been dealing with more than a few adjustments since he'd come west from his hometown of Incontinence, Indiana—not the least of which had been finding a girlfriend, who, while smart, sexy, and quick-witted, drank his blood and tended to fall unconscious at the exact moment of sunrise.

What if he isn't really the last of his kind, but the first of ours?

Change itself is neither good nor bad, but knowledge is always useful.

Things that change and are lost, that is what's worth preserving.

The hardest lesson in life is learning to accept that there are some things we can't change.

One could argue that all that really matters is that we learn to deal with where we are at any given moment, not where we were.

The hardest lesson in life is learning to accept that there are some things we can't change." Falconi paused, his eyes hard and glittering. "Blaming yourself is perfectly normal, but it doesn't do you any good. Until you stop, unless you can stop, you'll never be able to fully recover.

The warrior who can adapt the easiest to the unexpected is the warrior who will live the longest.

Preocúpate por lo que sí puedes cambiar, y deja que el resto se resuelva por sí solo

Everything about me is turning hard

When I was among the elves, I learned that a person's true name often changes as they age. Do you understand what that means? Who you are is not fixed for all of eternity. A man could forge himself anew if he so wanted.

Sometimes the universe decided to rip apart your life and stomp on the pieces, and there wasn't a damn thing you could do about it except say, "Now what?

Do not dwell on things you cannot change - Saphira

As Stephen King says, "No one gets it right the first time." We all edit, we all revise—what's the saying in the military? "Embrace the suck.

I could tell those were the squeaks and squawks of one door closing and another one opening.

Momma was the only one who wasn't born in Flint so the cold was coldest to her. All you could see were her eyes too, and they were shooting bad looks at Dad. She always blamed him for bringing her all the way from Alabama to Michigan, a state she called a giant icebox. Dad was bundled up on the other side of Joey, trying to look at anything but Momma. Next to Dad, sitting with a little space between them, was my older brother, Byron.

Like much else, killing was something one could get used to.

Unlike England, where a home health aide nips over every day during the first fortnight and several times a week for the next two months, many new parents in America don't have anyone around to guide them through the early days.

One winter night, at his home, while he was stirring up the logs in his fireplace, he muttered, "Computers are irrelevant." Building

He sniffed, and said as others had before him and others no doubt would again, I have learned never to say, 'Never again.

beating people up didn't seem to get results anymore.

In many cases, a small and daily growing computer company did not fall on hard times because people suddenly stopped wanting to buy its products. On the contrary, a company was more likely to asphyxiate on its own success.

There were Colorgraphics and Summagraphics; Altergo and C. Itoh; and Ball. "Hey, wait a minute. What's Ball doing here? Aren't they the mason jar people?" "Yeah, but they also make disk drives.