Quotes About Awareness

the problem with people is that we forget that something unexpected can happen at any time.

Every night I lie in bed and try to go to sleep. And then the next thing I know, I'm opening my eyes and it's morning. I never feel myself fall asleep. Ever. Do you?

As long as you think you know everything, nothing changes.

It means feelings come through loud and clear whether you express them in words or not.

If I sit inside, then nobody will know I'm in trouble. And so then nobody will help me.

Once you misplace the ability to be yourself without thinking about it, without second-guessing it, you're pretty well cooked.

Simon taught me to face financial needs as they arise. Never short current obligations for those you can't even see yet.

he slings me up to Yozzy's back. I ease gently down onto her. After all, it is her back. Not a motorcycle seat, or a bale of straw, but the fine vertebrae of a sentient being.

that's more or less the textbook definition of an alcoholic. Someone who knows it's time to cut down but can't.

Part of resetting your life is accepting where you are in your life right now.

Unlike Ed, she listened. But then she forgot.

They made you miss one breath, no matter how many times you'd seen them. He didn't speak.

She was also close to the other side. Maybe even close enough to see things most people can't.

They are white, and there is much privilege that comes with being so, but they don't see it, because there's never been a day in their life when it wasn't there. So you ask them if ethnicity makes a difference to them, and they say no. And in many cases they think they are telling the truth. It

How can it be good to know nothing?" "It's not. But if you know nothing, it's good to know that you know nothing." "Oh," Grace said. "Yeah, I guess." "Because as long as you think you know everything, nothing changes.

Sometimes people are scared of a thing that won't hurt them. But they're not scared for no reason.

Questioned where it was hiding. Maybe it was because he

But dogs don't regret what they didn't do soon enough, or didn't do enough of. Or what you didn't do enough of. Dogs are where they are right now, in this moment, and nowhere else. Which is why I generally keep the company of dogs, she thought. Chapter Sixteen: Pete Pete eased the front door of his house open and then froze, allowing his eyes to adjust to the dim living room.

It means feelings come through loud and clear whether you express them in words or not." - Nathan

Whether they admit it to you, whether they admit it to themselves, people know where they stand with each other. Virginia

you can't even begin to heal until it strikes you that something needs healing.

people is that we forget that something unexpected can happen at any time.

I can't help wondering what the world would be like if our empathy muscle were a bit more developed.

I had all these hours that added up to all these days, and I look back and it seems my goal was mostly to make them go away. But that's not a proper life. That's not really living.