Quotes About Perspective

It feels like forever ago, but really it was just four years.

Of course you'll look at other girls. You have eyes, don't you? I swear, that's just as silly as when people say they don't see color. Everyone sees everyone. You can't help but see.

Elaine and Mark don't know each other very well. The only thing those two have in common is me, and I get the feeling they're not crazy about each other. Well, it's more than just a feeling. Mark thinks Elaine talks too much, and

Yeah, that was before electricity and the Internet. A hundred years ago eighteen-year-old guys were out there fighting wars with bayonets and holding a man's life in their hands! They lived a lot of life by the time they were our age. What do kids our age know about love and life?

Daddy thinks that Mama is everything a woman should be: beautiful, clever, charming. Beauty has a way of making the bad things tolerable. When Mama tilts her green eyes at you, it's hard to remember why you were mad in the first place.

Aku hanya membiarkan orang memercayai apa yang mereka inginkan. Aku tidak berkewajiban menunjukkan diriku pada mereka.

Porque vivo en el mundo real, no como tú. Prefieres habitar en un mundo de fantasía antes que ver cómo son los demás realmente.

Había cambiado. Y, sin embargo, me seguía afectando de la misma forma. Me sentía como si estuviese en lo alto de una montaña rusa, justo antes de lanzarme por la primera pendiente.

Sometimes it's like people are a million times more beautiful to you in your mind. It's like you see them through a special lens—but maybe if it's how you see them, that's how they really are.

What right does she have to weigh in when she doesn't even live here anymore?

I think that time might be different for young people.

How come you never dated anybody?" I shrug. "I don't know...because nobody ever asked?" "Bullshit. I know for a fact that Martinez asked you to homecoming and you said no.

Alla människor är med om saker som är större än man förstår just då. När man tittar tillbaka säger man: "Det där var ett ögonblick som förändrade mitt liv, ett avgörande ögonblick, men det förstod jag inte då. Jag hade ingen aning.

I know it was just a day in the life of Peter for you, but for me it meant a lot more, and that's what scared me.

I once had that exact same thought about Josh, and look at me now: It's like a million years have gone by and he's just a memory to me.

Also, it's hard to redefine something that never had a clear definition in the first place.

The point is, you shouldn't compare relationships, okay?" Never mind the fact that I've been doing that constantly in my head.

It's not fair for the girl. Guys have it easy. I'm sure they were all congratulating him, pounding him on the back for being such a stud.

How would I even know what that felt like? I'm seventeen, for God's sake." "Seventeen's not so young. A hundred years ago people got married when they were practically our age." "Yeah, that was before electricity and the Internet. A hundred years ago eighteen-year-old guys were out there fighting wars with bayonets and holding a man's life in their hands! They lived a lot of life by the time they were our age. What do kids our age know about love and life?

A positive attitude means all the difference in the world.

Someone else's body is a place for your mind to go.

IT CAN BE HELPFUL TO THINK OF THEM EATING YOUR FAVORITE FOODS AND OCCASIONALLY THROWING UP AND GETTING BITS STUCK IN THEIR NOSES.

Every happy teenage girl is the same, while every unhappy teenage girl is miserable in her own special way.

I used to only care about what everyone thought of me, but not anymore. Now I only care about what the people I love think of me, and everyone else can rot in hell!