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Quotes About Perspective

The problem with people is they forget that most of the time it's the small things that count. Everyone's so busy waiting in the Waiting Place.
~ Jennifer Niven
We can't fight another person's battle, no matter how much we want to.
~ Jennifer Niven
You can't do this to me.You were the one who lectured me about living.You were the one who said I had to get out and see what was right in front of me and make the most of it and not wish my time away and find my mountain because my mountain was waiting, and all that adds up to life.But then you leave.You can't just do that.
~ Jennifer Niven
I've always been different, but to me different is normal. i decide on a version of the truth.
~ Jennifer Niven
There is only now,' he says, 'and if now is only two days, then two days is your life and everything in it will be in proportion.
~ Jennifer Niven
But that isn't why. The why is that none of it matters. Not school, not cheerleading, not boyfriends or friends or parties or creative writing programs or Ã¢â'¬Â¦Ã¢â'¬Â She waves her arms at the world. "It's all just time filler until we die.
~ Jennifer Niven
The problem with people is they forget that most of the time it's the small things that count. Everyone's so busy waiting in the Waiting Place. If we stopped to remember that there's such a thing as a Purina Tower and a view like this, we'd all be happier.
~ Jennifer Niven
Sometimes, Ultraviolet, things feel true to us even if they're not.
~ Jennifer Niven
The problem with people is they forget that most of the time it's the small things that count. Everyone's so busy waiting in the Waiting Place. If we stopped to remember that there's such a thing as a Purina Tower and a view like this, we'd all be happier.
~ Jennifer Niven
Maybe. Maybe not. Whether it's filler or not, I'm pretty glad to be here." If there's anything I've learned, it's that you need to make the most of it. "It mattered enough for you not to jump.
~ Jennifer Niven
Just be careful" implies that there's an end to it all, maybe in an hour, maybe in three years, but an end just the same.
~ Jennifer Niven
Believe it or not, it's actually beautiful to some people.
~ Jennifer Niven
But maybe even the smallest places mean something. And if not, maybe they can mean something to us.
~ Jennifer Niven
The thing about eating is that there are so many other more interesting things to do. I feel the same way about sleeping. Complete wastes of time.
~ Jennifer Niven
My mom used to say sometimes it's actually about the other person and you just happen to be there. Like sometimes the other person needs to learn a lesson or go through an experience, good or bad, and you're just and accessory in some way, like a supporting actor in whatever their scene happens to be
~ Jennifer Niven
Positive ones go on the wall, negative on the floor over there. He points to this heap of paper. It's important to get those down but they don't need to stick around after you do
~ Jennifer Niven
There aren't many people who would say this about me, but the great thing about this life of ours is that you can be someone different to everybody.
~ Jennifer Niven
When you're looking back, you can't look forward. And sometimes you run smack into something and hit your head.
~ Jennifer Niven
Sometimes feel true to us even if they are not.
~ Jennifer Niven
There's beauty in every story. And there's a story in everything.
~ Jennifer Niven
Nunca llegas a entender de verdad a una persona hasta que miras las cosas desde su punto de vista. Hasta que te metes en su piel y te paseas dentro de ella.
~ Jennifer Niven
I am staring at the place where the floor used to be. All I can think is how one minute the floor was there and now it's not. How you could go through an entire day, every day, not thinking about the floor or the ground because you just assume it will always be there. Until it isn't.
~ Jennifer Niven
Me: It's late. Finch: That depends on who you ask. See, I don't necessarily think it's late. I think early. Early in our lives. Early in the night. Early in the new year. If you're counting, you'll notice the earlys outnumber the lates.
~ Jennifer Niven
But the great thing about this life of ours is that you can be someone different to everybody.
~ Jennifer Niven