Quotes About Discovery

It was a very odd concept - that you could become friends with someone simply by examining their bookshelves - but nevertheless, Zoe believed it fervently.

As a five-year-old in Berlin in 1965, I didn't know that funny women existed. It wasn't until I got back to England that I realised women could be funny.

Wie oft wohl muss einer das, was er weiß, noch einmal lernen, wieder und wieder entdecken, wie viele Verkleidungen abreißen, bis er Dinge wirklich versteht bis auf die Knochen? Reicht überhaupt eine Lebenszeit dafür aus?

Adventure is really always just subjecting yourself to something unfamiliar

My two great loves. I think I always knew I would be Belly Fisher one day. I just didn't know it was going to happen like this.

You know what? Don't even worry about it," I said. "Cory Wheeler already asked me. I can tell him I changed my mind." "Who the hell is Corky Wheeler?

It's kind of silly to feel so disappointed about something you only just realized you wanted, isn't it?

I'd never heard of them, but at that moment, it was the best song I'd ever heard. I went out and bought Ten and listened to it on repeat. When I listened to track five, "Black," it was like I was there, in that moment all over again. After the summer was over, when I got back home, I went to the music store and bought the sheet music and learned to play it on the piano. I thought one day I could accompany Conrad and we could be, like, a band.

They seem to have noticed her for the first time

What if I came here and I ended up loving it? What if, after a year, I didn't want to leave? What then? But wouldn't it be great if I loved it? Isn't that the whole point? Why bet on not loving a place? Why not take a chance and bet on happiness? I

It's good for you to try new things

Allow yourself to get a little lost. By this I mean, get caught up in it, do things you wouldn't normally do — let it be an adventure. But not so lost that you can't find your way.

I can see now that it's the little things, the small efforts, that keep a relationship going. And I know now too that in some small measure I have the power to hurt him and also the power to make it better. This discovery leaves me with an unsettling, queer sort of feeling in my chest for reasons I can't explain.

That's the whole point of an adventure. Pack light and figure the rest out as you go.

That night I lay in bed, thinking about how summer romances really do happen so fast, and then they're over so fast. But the next morning, when I went to the deck to eat my toast, I found an empty water bottle on the steps that led down to the beach. Poland Spring, the kind Cam was always drinking. There was a piece of paper inside, a note. A message in a bottle. The ink was a little smeared, but I could still read what it said. It said, "IOU one skinny-dip.

The thrill of a boy putting his hands on you for the first time.

We're on an adventure, she yells. We don't need cell phones for an adventure.

This is the moment I realize I don't love him, that I haven't for a while. That maybe I never did. Because he's right there for the taking: I could kiss him again; I could make him mine. But I don't want him. I want someone else. It feels strange to have spent so much time wishing for something, for someone, and then one day, suddenly, to just stop.

the girl with the maps and the travel books and the plans.

what if i came here and i ended up loving it? what if, after a year, i didn't want to leave? what then? but wouldn't it be great if i loved it? isn't that the whole point? why bet on not loving a place? why not take a chance and bet on happiness? - Lara Jean

She beams at me. "See? There's a lot to be excited about. And don't forget the Cheese Shop." The

What if I came here and I ended up loving it? What if, after a year, I didn't want to leave? What then? But wouldn't it be great if I loved it? Isn't that the whole point? Why bet on not loving a place? Why not take a chance and bet on happiness?

I see her car first.

It's a whole new world out there, Daddy." "Right