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Quotes About Discovery

I don't know who I am. Or maybe I do know who I am and I just don't want to be her anymore.
~ Gayle Forman
Sometimes the wind blows you places you weren't expecting: sometimes it blows you away from those places, too.
~ Gayle Forman
Because you don't ever find things when you're looking for them. You find them when you're not." "If that were true, nobody would ever find their keys.
~ Gayle Forman
Can you move on from something when you're not sure what it is you're moving on from?
~ Gayle Forman
I don't want to lose you because of the f**ked-up way I found you.
~ Gayle Forman
And the kiss feels like something completely new. But it also feels like something deeply known.
~ Gayle Forman
Travelling is like a talent, like whistling or dancing. And some people have it.
~ Gayle Forman
Doubt is part of searching. Same as faith.
~ Gayle Forman
I think everything is happening all the time, but if you don't put yourself in the path of it, you miss it. When you travel, you put yourself out there. It's not always great. Sometimes it's terrible. But other times ... [...] It's not so bad.
~ Gayle Forman
Ever hear the one about that dog that spent its life chasing cars and finally caught one—and had no idea what to do with it? I'm that dog.
~ Gayle Forman
I'm also starting to wonder something else. If maybe the point of this crazy quest I'm on wasn't to help me find Willem. Maybe it was to help me find someone else entirely.
~ Gayle Forman
Sometimes I did feel like I came from a different tribe. I was not like my outgoing, ironic dad or my tough-chick mom. And as if to seal the deal, instead of learning to play electric guitar, I'd gone and chosen the cello.
~ Gayle Forman
That they will find each other during the play, once more, in the words of Shakespeare.
~ Gayle Forman
I realize it's not just Willem I'm looking for; it's Lulu too.
~ Gayle Forman
Do you do that a lot? Move on?" "Maybe. But only because I travel a lot." She taps put a beat on the steering wheel, audible only to herseld. "Or maybe you travel a lot because it lets you move on." "Perhaps." ........ I look out the window. The jungle is everywhere. I look back at her. "Can you move on from something when you're not sure what it is you're moving on from?
~ Gayle Forman
So are you moving on now? Is that what brought you to the grand metropolis of Valladolid?" "No. The wind just blew me here." "What? Like a plastic bag?" "I prefer to think of myself as a ship. Like a sailboat.
~ Gayle Forman
Traveling's not something your good at. its something you do like breathing
~ Gayle Forman
Everyone loves New York City for all these different reasons. The culture. The mix of people. The pace. The food. But for me, it's like one epic Easter egg hunt. You're always finding these little surprises around every corner.
~ Gayle Forman
La devastación me agarró desprevenido. Hay una diferencia entre perder algo que sabías que tenías y perder algo que descubriste que tenías. Uno es una desilusión. El otro se siente como perder una pieza de ti mismo.
~ Gayle Forman
It had given me a bad feeling, though I wasn't sure if it was because I was scared I wasn't going to find him, or scared of just what I might find.
~ Gayle Forman
I didn't believe it was happening. But it was. Just being here, being away, it was all so much easier in a way I didn't anticipate. In a way I didn't think my life could be anymore. It was a huge relief.
~ Gayle Forman
No hay nada que perder. O tal vez ya lo he perdido, y encontrado, y cualquier otra cosa que puede que pierda, no tiene nada que ver con lo que está en este momento.
~ Gayle Forman
I've always known where to find you, Cody.
~ Gayle Forman
Because you don't ever find things when you're looking for them. You find them when you're not.
~ Gayle Forman