The baby was warm against my chest. I knew I was broken too. I wasn't like other people. I was scared and weird and anxious and sad lots of the time, and I didn't know why. My parents thought I was abnormal, I was pretty sure. They said I wasn't, but you don't get sent to a therapist if you're normal. Sometimes we really aren't supposed to be the way we are. It's not good for us. And people don't like it. You've got to change. You've got to try harder and do deep breathing and maybe one day take pills and learn tricks so you can pretend to be more like other people. Normal people. But maybe Vanessa was right, and all those other people were broken too in their own ways. Maybe we all spent too much time pretending we weren't. Kenneth Oppel
Keep your best wishes, close to your heart and watch what happens
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Tony Deliso
We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
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Sam Keen
Happiness is part of who we are. Joy is the feeling
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Tony Deliso
This is what I know. Don't settle for 40, 50, or even 80 percent. A relationship-it shouldn't be too small or too tight or even a little scratchy. It shouldn't take up space in your closet out of guilty conscience or convenience or a moment...
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Deb Caletti
For everything in this journey of life we are on, there is a right wing and a left wing: for the wing of love there is anger; for the wing of destiny there is fear; for the wing of pain there is healing; for the...
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C. Joybell C.
More Quotes By Kenneth Oppel
The world should have been in Technicolour, but seemed more like black and white.
You two were in a cave together?’ said Miss Simpkins in horror.‘ Yes, ’ said Kate, ‘and it was very, very dark.
You can't eat [literature], that's the problem, " he said. "I've tried, it's very dry, and not at all nutritious.
IMBECILE! " the chef shouted. "Next time why don't you just put your whole HAND in the food, hey? Yes, your whole hand, or maybe your FACE! I arrange the food on plates with care, are you understanding what I am telling you? It is...
Let me get you all some punch, ” I said.“ You're leaving us?” said Isabel, sounding panicky.“ I'll be right back, ” I promised. “If anyone comes near you, just scream and run.
