Quotes About Transition

I think it happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. And so you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.

Things changed, people changed, and the world went rolling along right outside the window.

Youth offers the promise of happiness, but life offers the realities of grief.

Change isn't always for the best.

Distance can ruin even the best of intentions. But I suppose it depends on how you look at it. Distance just adds a richness you would not otherwise get. People come. People go. They will drift in and out of your life, almost like characters in a favorite book. When you finally close the cover, the characters have told their stories and you start up again with another book, complete with new characters and adventures. Then you find yourself focusing on the new ones. Not the ones from the past.

Jamie: You're acting like a crazy person, what's going on? Landon: Right now, you're straddling the state line. Jamie: OK... Landon: You're in two places at once.

It's hard at times, but it makes a kid strong in ways that most people can't understand. Teaches them that even though people are left behind, new ones will inevitable take their place; that every place has something good - and bad - to offer. It makes a kid grow up fast.

We're not the same people we were then. We've changed, we've grown.

Friends come and go, clothing is packed and unpacked, households are continually purged of unnecessary items, and as a result, not much sticks. it's hard at times but it makes a kid strongs in ways that most people can't understand. Teaches them that even though people are left behind, new ones will inevitably take their place; that every place has something good and bad to offer. It makes a kid grow up fast.

The past can be escaped only by embracing something better.

He'd lived long enough to know that everyone handled grief in different ways, and little by little, they all seemed to accept their new lives.

You might not understand, but I gave you the best of me, and after you left, nothing was ever the same.

Where do I go from here?

Now it was coming to an end, and it was like he was watching the last flicker of light wink out in the darkness of an endless tunnel.

When I was seventeen, my life changed forever . . .

Because in the end, and no matter how hard it is, acceptance helps people move on with the rest of their lives.

Ronnie: I guess I'm okay with that.But it's not going to be easy for you. They don't have a lot of fishing or mudding around here. Will: I figured. Ronnie And not a lot of beach volleyball,either. Especially in January. Will I guess I'll have to make some sacrifices. Ronnie.Maybe if you're lucky, we can find you some other ways to occupy Your time.

It's not such a bad thing. Change isn't always for the best.

I know you loved her, but it's okay to let it go now. You know that, don't you? You've got to be able to let it go.

You found out who you are and what you want and then you realized that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. And so you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.

You know...it's a hard age. Kids are in that stage where they're beginning to understand the world of adults, without having the maturity of adults to deal with everything going on around them.

And believe it or not, she has a phone and everything. She stopped using smoking signals last year.

Whatever you decide to do, remember that you have to be able to go forward in life without looking back.

To her, none of those friendships seemed the way they used to, but then of course they weren't. Things changed, people changed, and the world went rolling along right outside the window.