40 Quotes & Sayings By Karen Quan

Karen Quan is a Canadian entrepreneur and author, who has been recognized as a top-tier thought leader in the areas of entrepreneurship, success and motivation. While the majority of her career was spent working in Silicon Valley, she now lives in Vancouver, BC with her two sons. Her family-focused approach to entrepreneurship has helped her build multiple successful businesses in addition to writing several books on personal growth and business leadership. She has presented at conferences around the world and has been featured in numerous media outlets including The Huffington Post, The Globe and Mail, Forbes.com, The New York Times and Yahoo Finance.

How beautiful would it be if we could just see...
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How beautiful would it be if we could just see souls instead of bodies? To see love and compassion instead of curves. Karen Quan
Some of us walk around with a necklace of hope,...
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Some of us walk around with a necklace of hope, an armour of sanity, but at the end of the day, they always come off. We reveal our naked, vulnerable, real selves. Karen Quan
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My heart is burning a hole in my chest and every time you speak to me, it keeps sinking, and I'm left with nothing but ashes. I wish she were talking to me, because the more she speaks to me, the more my heart flutters like a rising phoenix.- Karen Quan and Jarod Kintz Karen Quan
I wear a necklace of hope with pearly beads. When...
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I wear a necklace of hope with pearly beads. When I met you, it broke, and the beads spilled all over the floor, into the gutters. Karen Quan
I had a dream that I saw shooting stars with...
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I had a dream that I saw shooting stars with you. Two things that will come close to never happening: Seeing shooting stars, and being with you. Karen Quan
I'll use the blood from my spilling heart to write...
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I'll use the blood from my spilling heart to write the words that were never able to slip out of my mouth, so you can see how much you've broken me into a perpetual state of melancholy. Karen Quan
I have always wanted to give you the world, so...
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I have always wanted to give you the world, so I started giving you pieces of the oceans that kept us apart. Karen Quan
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I'm gonna go put my earplugs in and practice piano for hours until my fingers bleed. I practice the piano with the focus of Helen Keller–and nothing can distract me from the scent of the music.- Karen Quan and Jarod Kintz Karen Quan
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When your heart starts to feel full again. I love FREE refills, and if a restaurant tries to double charge me, I refuse to write a love poem on their Yelp page.- Karen Quan and Jarod Kintz Karen Quan
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Touch with your heart more than with your hands. Karen Quan
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My heart beats so hard, I feel like I have an earthquake inside of me. It's weighing me down and my hands shake with the need of safety and comfort. Karen Quan
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When my hands can no longer make these hammers and strings play for you, my heart will always sing to you. Karen Quan
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This girl who's slept a hundred years has something after all. It's called Centuryitis, and it has turned me into a man. Oh, what will mamma think when she sees me?! - Karen Quan and Jarod Kintz Karen Quan
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I hate when I'm not done with my cup but my mom decides to put it in the dishwasher anyway and the cup isn't dishwasher safe. I keep telling my mom that my origami coffee mugs are hand wash ONLY. Handshakes are also hand wash only.- Karen Quan and Jarod Kintz Karen Quan
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Be strong enough to move mountains. Karen Quan
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It's super cloudy right now but I think I can see the northern lights from my room. Another observation: Every light is a strobe light, if you just blink fast enough, and drink enough vodka.- Karen Quan and Jarod Kintz Karen Quan
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I'll put you in a jar on my shelf for a cold, rainy day when I need you the most.  Karen Quan
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These days, I'm finding it harder and harder to breathe. My chest pounds with every heart beat like you're here, again, standing in front of me, your two hands around my neck. Karen Quan
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You're gone and you left me. My heart has dissipated. The only thing I can feel is the blood rushing through my veins and the strings that hold my fragile heart together. Karen Quan
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You've left me with a kaleidoscope of broken smiles and shattered dreams. Karen Quan
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Keeping busy is the hardest part. When I find myself still, clear of thoughts, I can still feel you holding me. Karen Quan
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We'll meet again, but you're a lifetime away, and I need you now. Karen Quan
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Be drunk in love and high on life. Karen Quan
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Love is a battle with yourself. Be kind and love yourself before you love anyone else. Karen Quan
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One dead and one alone. That's how the story ends. Karen Quan
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Underwater madness slipping into a haze, drowning and choking in repugnant nostalgic thoughts. Karen Quan
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Do you ever think of me when you look up at the moon and the stars? When you look into the horizon as the sun sets? We're looking at the same sun, and the stars may burn brighter where you are, but I can't see them, and they're still there. I spend nights trying to see the stars that you see, but I end up seeing you in the stars instead. Karen Quan
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Some people hate the rain, other appreciate it for the blooming flowers. Karen Quan
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You have had me spinning for days, for I am drunk off the words that flow endlessly from your deep red lips that taste of wine. Karen Quan
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Push my buttons, and I'll push you off a bridge.  Karen Quan
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If your glass is half empty, fill it up to be full. Karen Quan
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You be the sun, I'll be the moon, let's share the stars and dance in the sky. Karen Quan
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I really hate that I need my glasses while using my laptop. What I hate even more is that I need those glasses to be full of vodka at all times.- Karen Quan and Jarod Kintz Karen Quan
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Life is great, and without it, you'd be dead. Karen Quan
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Look up, always. Look back, never. Karen Quan
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When you're reaching the end of the semester and you just wanna die. Coffin Making 101 is literally killing me.- Karen Quan and Jarod Kintz Karen Quan
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Love enough to end a war. Karen Quan
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I miss you like the mismatching sock I can't find. You're out there somewhere. Karen Quan
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You know what truly aches? Having so much inside you and not having the slightest clue of how to pour it out. Karen Quan