Quotes About Growth

That folder represents a me that no longer exists. I'm not embarrassed of her, but at the same time, I no longer want to be her. I've moved on" -Ari

You can be your best self wherever you are.

And maybe, just maybe, by letting go of who you think you should be, you become more of who you are meant to be." (pg. 249)

We all change," I said offhandedly. "We get older, a little wiser … we learn not to judge people and things by homelands, language, gender." "Do we?" Abbu grinned. "So we do. Yes, Sandtiger, the woman is much better than I expected. But there is still much I can teach her." "Wait till she warms up." I showed him my teeth. "Better yet, wait until she sings." Abbu wasn't listening.

more successful. After watching the population

I was in the biggest breakdown of my life when I stopped crying long enough to let the words of my epiphany really sink in. That whore, karma, had finally made her way around, and had just bitch-slapped me right across the face. The realization only made me cry harder.

When Thomas Hobbes called life "nasty, brutish, and short," he was describing life during war, but it applies equally well to life with small children (as well as to the children themselves). Like war, it manages to be both boring and exhausting. Day after day, there's nothing to do and so much to get done.

We expect them to acquire a full mouth of teeth and learn where to deploy them (apples: yes; siblings: no).

It's the worst feeling," she said staring off vaguely, lost in another decade, "it's really the most shattering moment when you stop being enchanting to someone else. You're suddenly,,,just this person. And so is he.

I've learned a lot this year.. I learned that things don't always turn our the way you planned, or the way you think they should. And I've learned that there are things that go wrong that don't always get fixed or get put back together the way they were before. I've learned that some broken things stay broken, and I've learned that you can get through bad times and keep looking for better ones, as long as you have people who love you.

He loved me. He loved me, but he doesn't love me anymore, and it's not the end of the world.

Sometimes the worst thing that happens to you, the thing you think you can't survive...it's the thing that makes you better than you used to be.

Education is the most important thing you can have," he said.

I have grown up but that should be a positive thing. When you look at a photo album it's lovely to remember being so young but it's also good to know you grew up!

The more uncertain I have felt about myself,' Jung said, 'the more there has grown up in me a feeling of kinship with all things.

Let those strikes of lightning come so we will quickly know what leaves us.

When you look at things the same way you've always done, nothing changes. When you change perspective, everything changes.

Some people go through life not really deciding to do much, not wanting to, always too fearful of the consequences to try something new. Of course, that in itself is also a decision. You'll get somewhere whether you put any effort into it or not. But doing something new is so hard. And a few things can help.

Some people go through life not really deciding to do much, not wanting to, always too fearful of the consequences to try something new. Of course, that in itself is also a decision. You'll get somewhere whether you put any effort into it or not. But doing something new is so hard.

Just do something. You might make a mistake, then you can fix it. But if you do nothing, you can't fix anything. And your life might turn out to be full of regrets.

Mark very much believed in exposing cracks to the air. He thought that was the only way anything started to heal.

The problem with good things that happen is that very often they disguise themselves as awful things. It would be lovely, wouldn't it, whenever you're going through something difficult, if someone could just tap you on the shoulder and say, "Don't worry, it's completely worth it. It seems like absolutely horrible crap now, but I promise it will all come good in the end," and you could say, "Thank you, Fairy Godmother.

When you look at things the same way you've always done, nothing changes. When you change perspective, everything changes.

Just do something. You might make a mistake, then you can fix it. But if you do nothing, you can't fix anything. And your life might turn out to be full of regrets.