Quotes

Collection of my favourite quotes:

The worst way to miss someone is to have them sitting right next to you and know you can never have them...

Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so.

Should I smile because you are my friend, or cry because that's all we'll ever be...

I want to fall for you, but I'm not sure that you'll catch me...

Why am I afraid to lose you when you aren't even mine...

Life is not waiting for the storm to pass, but learning to dance in the rain...

Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold.

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened...

Happiness is a way of travel, not a destination...

I am the author of my life. Unfortunately I am writing in pen and I can't erase my mistakes...

"Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think.  Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

Often it is the most deserving people who cannot help loving those who destroy them.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Confucius

Maybe happiness didn't have to be about the big, sweeping circumstances, about having everything in your life in place. Maybe it was about stringing together a bunch of small pleasures. Wearing slippers and watching the Miss Universe contest. Eating a brownie with vanilla ice cream. Getting to level seven in Dragon Master and knowing there were twenty more levels to go. Maybe happiness was just a matter of the little upticks- the traffic signal that said "Walk" the second you go there- and downticks- the itchy tag at the back of your collar- that happened to every person in the course of the day. Maybe everybody had the same allotted measure of happiness within each day. Maybe it didn't matter if you were a world-famous heartthrob or a painful geek. Maybe it didn't matter if your friend was possibly dying. Maybe you just got through it. Maybe that was all you could ask for.

Das Glück unseres Lebens setzt sich aus winzigen Kleinigkeiten zusammen – den kleinen, bald vergessenen Wohltaten eines Kusses oder Lächelns, eines freundlichen Blicks, eines von Herzen kommenden Kompliments – zahllosen, unendlich kleinen Dosen angenehmer und belebender Freuden

They say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it, you will land among the stars.

Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.

You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. Columbus

“Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance.”

"A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left."

"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together."

As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them.
 

“Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.”

Sometimes you have to forgive someone just because you want them in your life.

Sometimes there are things in our life that aren't meant to stay. Sometimes change may not be what we want. Sometimes change is what we really need. And sometimes saying goodbye is the hardest thing you think you'll ever have to do, but sometimes it's saying 'hello again' that breaks you down and makes you the most vulnerable person you'll ever know. Sometimes change is too much to bear, but most of the time change is the only thing saving your life.

Sometimes the littlest thing in life changes something forever and there will be times when you wish you can go back to how things used to be but you just can't because things have changed so much.

Take chances. Tell the truth. Date someone totally wrong for you. Say no. Spend all your cash! Fall in love. Get to know someone random. Be random. Say I love you. Sing out loud. Laugh at a stupid joke. Cry. Get revenge. Apologize. Tell someone how much they mean to you. Tell the asshole what you feel. Let someone know what they're missing. Laugh til your stomach hurts. LIVE LIFE!

Manchmal müssen wir standhaft sein wenn wir das Richtige tun wollen und das aufgeben, was wir uns am meisten wünschen, sogar unsere Träume...

Die größte Enttäuschung ist es, etwas in jemandem gesehen zu haben, was nie existierte…

If nothing changed, there'd be no butterflies.

“I’m going to smile and make you think I’m happy, I’m going to laugh, so you don’t see me cry, and even if it kills me- I’m going to smile”

Behind my smile is a hurting heart. Behind my laugh, I'm falling apart. Look closely at me and you will see, the girl I am...isn't me.

You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly.

At the end, every flower loses its perfume.

Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate.

You must live through the time when everything hurts.

Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.

Just because her eyes don't tear doesn't mean her heart doesn't cry. And just because she comes off strong, doesn't mean there's nothing wrong.

Am meisten fühlt man sich von der Wahrheit getroffen, die man sich selbst verheimlichen wollte...

Try, reach, want, and you may fall. But even if you do, you might be okay anyway.

If you don't try, you save nothing, because you might as well be dead.

When she is happy, she can't stop talking, when she is sad she doesn't say a word.

She glared at him, feeling the old frustration. Sometimes in his presence she felt the deepest connection to him, and other times she felt completely alone-as though any bond to him was her own bitter imagination.

"We aren't in high school. We aren't really in our families and we aren't in our houses. Those are the places we grew up and the times we spent together, but they aren't us. If we think they are, then we're lost, because times end and places are lost. We aren't any place or any time . . . We are everywhere."

Glaubt ihr… Ich lache weil ich glücklich bin? Geh auf Partys weil ich Spaß haben will? Und lächle weil ich fröhlich bin? Ja? Glaubt ihr das? Wisst ihr denn nicht dass es Menschen gibt die lachen um nicht zu weinen, auf Partys gehen um sich abzulenken & lächeln um Traurigkeit zu verbergen?

"Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you."

Einen Menschen zu lieben bedeutet, ihn so zu sehen, wie Gott ihn gemeint hat.

"There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying."

"I don't believe in failure, because simply by saying you've failed, you've admitted you attempted. And anyone who attempts is not a failure. Those who truly fail in my eyes are the ones who never try at all. The ones who sit on the couch and whine and moan and wait for the world to change for them."

"If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything."

"The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space."

"Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world."
 

"Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world."

"We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets."
 

"This life is what you make it. Not matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And babe, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soul mate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about."

We all have our time machines. Some tack us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams. - Jeremy Irons

I don’t want to be just the girl you love to kiss. I don’t want to be just the girl you run back to, I don’t want you to fall back on me. I want to be your one & only, your first choice, the girl you’re never going to leave.

Man kann weinen.. & trotzdem ändern sich Situationen nicht.. Man kann versuchen zu vergessen.. & trotzdem bleiben schmerzende Erinnerungen.. Man kann vor Problemen in Träume flüchten.. & trotzdem wacht man immer wieder auf.. Man kann versuchen zu lachen.. & trotzdem bleibt man traurig..

Wenn ich gewusst hätte, wie schwer es ist deinen Hand loszulassen, hätte ich sie niemals berührt!!

The reason why people hold on to memories so tight is because memories are the only thing that won't change, when everything else does...

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

It's hard to accept, but you can't change the past. You can't go back and manipulate things to the way you wanted them to happen. Because life'd be meaningless and boring and just not worth living. But you can change the future and that's a beautiful thing about life. Yes, you will make mistakes. And yes, you will have bad days - but as long as you let the past go, you'll have such a gorgeous and bright future ahead of you. Knowing that things were meant to happen. Knowing that each day you will learn something so that you keep growing to be a better person. Life is like a rope, twined in all its complexities and yet weaved into one marvelous stream that you have the chance you use something amazing from. So grab hold of it.

Sometimes we need to stop analyzing the past,

stop planning the future, stop figuring out precisely

how we feel, stop deciding with our minds exactly

what we want our hearts to feel, sometimes we

just have to go with the flow and just enjoy life.

These are the good old days we're going to miss in the years ahead.

I start to feel like I can't maintain the facade any longer, that I may just start to show through. And I wish I knew what was wrong. Maybe something about how stupid my whole life is. I don't know. Why does the rest of the world put up with the hypocrisy, the need to put a happy face on sorrow, the need to keep on keeping on?... I don't know the answer, I know only that I can't. I don't want any more vicissitudes, I don't want any more of this try, try again stuff. I just want out. I've had it. I am so tired.

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.

"So ist das Leben", sagte der Clown und malte sich mit Tränen in den Augen ein Lächeln ins Gesicht.

“Liebe ohne Schmerz gibt es nicht”, sagte der Hase und umarmte den Igel.

„Du brichst meine Regeln. Und ich lasse es zu.“

Style is an expression of individualism mixed with charisma. Fashion is something that comes after.

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.

Gib den Menschen auf, der nicht merkt was er an dir hat und lass ihn spüren wie viel er ohne dich verpasst. Es ist die Kunst zu lachen wenn man kurz vorm weinen ist.

Why do people persist in a dissatisfying relationship, unwilling either to work toward solutions or end it and move on? It's because they know changing will lead to the unknown, and most people believe that the unknown will be much more painful than what they're already experiencing.

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Others stay awhile, make footprints on our hearts and we are never, ever the same.

I wanted a perfect ending, now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity.

I’m torn between what was and what could be.

Saying goodbye is the hardest thing you have to do when you love someone…but sometimes it’s the best thing to do.
 

“Change is never easy, you fight to hold on, and you fight to let go.”

“There are things that we never want to let go of, people we never want to leave behind. But keep in mind that letting go isn’t the end of the world, it’s the beginning of a new life.”

Wenn du vergibst, dann liebst du; wenn du liebst, dann lebst du.

“We look at each other wondering what the other is thinking but we never say a thing.”

Einfach beieinandersitzen, tut mir gut und macht mich froh, dieses Beieinander war noch mit niemand anderem so.

“I am getting nowhere with you and I can't let you go and I can’t get through.”

Liebe: die Kraft, nicht nur die eigene, sondern auch die Unvollkommenheit eines anderen lebenslang zu ertragen.

You make me understand how wonderful it is for little lizards when they find that one special rock that's perfect for sunning themselves on. You make me lizard-happy.

Das Leben ist zu kurz...um sich mit Dingen zu beschäftigen, die einen nicht glücklich machen! 
…um Zeit an einen Menschen zu verschwenden, der einen nur enttäuscht!

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let us down, probably will. You'll have your heart broken and you'll break others' hearts. You'll fight with your best friend or maybe even fall in love with them, and you'll cry because time is flying by. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, forgive freely, and love like you've never been hurt. Life comes with no guarantees, no time outs, no second chances. you just have to live life to the fullest, tell someone what they mean to you and tell someone off, speak out, dance in the pouring rain, hold someone's hand, comfort a friend, fall asleep watching the sun come up, stay up late, be a flirt, and smile until your face hurts. Don't be afraid to take chances or fall in love and most of all, live in the moment because every second you spend angry or upset is a second of happiness you can never get back.

I've learned that things change, people change, and it doesn't mean you forget the past or try to cover it up. It simply means that you move on and treasure the memories. Letting go doesn't mean giving up... it means accepting that some things weren't meant to be.

Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said that it'd be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.

“A sad thing in life is that sometimes you meet someone who means a lot to you only to find out in the end that it was never bound to be and you just have to let go.”

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

When it hurts to look back, and you're scared to look ahead, you can look beside you and your best friend will be there.

"I'd like to be the sort of friend that you have been to me, I'd like to be the help that you've been always glad to be; I'd like to mean as much to you each minute of the day, as you have meant to me along the way."

There are times when two people need to step apart from one another, but there is no rule that says they have to turn and fire.

A simple friend thinks the friendship over when you have a difficult time, an argument or one made a mistake. A real friend knows that it's not a friendship until after you've had a fight.

A true friend is someone who sees the pain in your eyes while everyone else believes the smile on your face.

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.

So I made a big mistake… try to see it once my way!

We always thought we'd look back on our tears and laugh, but we never thought we'd look back on our laughter and cry.

Das Leben ist wie ein Schatten. Man kann es weder einholen noch davonlaufen.

"Dressing is not a game--It's a LIFESTYLE."

Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what's to come. But that night, I think we knew it was time to let go of what had been, and look ahead to what would be. Other days. New days. Days to come. The thing is, we didn't have to hate each other for getting older. We just had to forgive ourselves... for growing up.

Doing all the little tricky things it takes to grow up, step by step, into an anxious and unsettling world.

"The most difficult phase of life is not when no one understands you; its when you don't understand yourself"

“People come into your life and people leave it... you just have to trust that life has a road mapped out for you.”

“Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.”

“True friends are the ones who never leave your heart, even if they leave your life for awhile. Even after years apart, you pick up with them right where you left off, and even if they die they're never dead in your heart.”

“There are things that we never want to let go of, people we never want to leave behind. But keep in mind that letting go isn’t the end of the world, it’s the beginning of a new life.”

“A friend is a hand that is always holding yours, no matter how close or far apart you may be. A friend is someone who is always there and will always, always care. A friend is a feeling of forever in the heart.”

“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares.”

“Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.”

“A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked”

“A friend is someone who helps you up when you're down, and if they can't, they lay down beside you and listen.”

“True friendship isn't about being there when it's convenient; it's about being there when it's not.”

“All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever.”

“You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future”

“Life is like a movie, if you've sat through more than half of it and its sucked every second so far, it probably isn't gonna get great right at the end and make it all worthwhile. None should blame you for walking out early.”

It's hard to answer the question "what's wrong" when nothings right.

I'm tired of trying, sick of crying, I know I've been smiling, but inside I'm dying.

You say I'm always happy, and that I'm good at what I do, but what you'll never realize is, I'm a damn good actress too.

I want to be remembered as the girl who always smiled the one who could brighten up your day, even if she couldn't brighten her own.

I don't know what I want in life. I don't know what I want right now. All I know is that I'm hurting so much inside that it's eating me, and one day, there won't be any of me left.

Maybe I am crazy but laughing makes the pain pass by.

You look at me and think, 'she's so happy' but there's so much behind this little smile that you will never know.

Nicht alle sind glücklich, die glücklich scheinen. Manche lachen nur, um nicht zu weinen.

Never underestimate the pain of a person because the truth is everyone is struggling. It's just some people hide it better than others.

She smiles with all that she has left, yet tears are left un-dried. And though she's got so much to say, she bottles it up inside. If you look past her broken eyes to a shadow no one sees, a disguise so you won't recognize, the girl is really me...

"I wanted to go to him, but I felt like I was tied to the chair. Some part of me was holding me back, knew I'd reached my limit. And just like that, I united myself from Mr. Big, I was free, but there was nothing exquisite about it."

Did I ever really love Big or was I addicted to the pain? The exquisite pain of wanting someone so unattainable?

She will chase you around for a while; but there’s going to be a day when she's gonna stop running in circles around you. She's gonna get over you & at that very moment you're going to wish you had let her catch you.

After all, I felt like I had done enough with life, and well, I was tired of fighting the depression, the sadness and the loneliness.

Wer lachen kann, dort wo er hätte heulen können, bekommt wieder Lust zum Leben.

Fliegen ist gar nicht so schwierig, wie man denkt: Man muss sich nur auf den Boden schmeißen, und vergessen aufzuschlagen.

Nichts ist beglückender als den Menschen zu finden, den man den Rest seines Lebens ärgern kann.

Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts.

She knew with painful certainty that the opposite of love was not hate, but indifference.

“While I dance I cannot judge, I cannot hate, I cannot separate myself from life. I can only be joyful and whole. That is why I dance.”

Don't be dismayed at goodbyes.  A farewell is necessary before you can meet again.  And meeting again, after moments or lifetime, is certain for those who are friends.

There's no excuse for the need to take your own life away, everyone passes through some rough obstacles in life, just face them as they come along, there's always a way to overcome those obstacles, and learn from your experiences.

She was like a flower that had been battered by a storm, but not quite destroyed. Gradually, she began to strengthen and bloom again.

“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option”

She's banged up, mentally and emotionally. Literally and metaphorically, but every day she walks outside with a smile on her face because that's who she is.

Sometimes when a person means that much to you, not even the truth can change your mind.

Cracks in the concrete are just reminders; you fall apart no matter how strong you are.

"True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable."

"There are some things you can't bring yourself to leave, until they leave you.”

I don't need a man to hold my hand; I'm stronger than you think I am.

I lied to him, straight to his face. I couldn't bare to tell him that he is the only thing I need and that I love him with all my heart.

Because sometimes it's easier to say "I hate you" than "I miss you, I wish you would call me sometimes." Because sometimes it's easier to think "Screw life, screw work, screw everything" than to admit that you're overwhelmed and feel like you're drowning. Because sometimes it's easier to admit the simple things than to say the hard things and realize how much you've been struggling and how much you feel as if life has gone out of your control.

I forgave you for what you did, but I still die a little inside every time I think about it.

Hi, remember me? You used to smile when you saw me, hug me for no reason, talk to me without any conditions and love me for who I was. I miss that.

I have a best friend of the opposite sex, and they mean the whole world to me. We're not dating and yes, we do laugh together, that isn't flirting, it's called a joke. I can tell them secrets and they will keep them. I can trust them with my life and they make me smile on a daily basis.

"True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable."

And I wonder where the friendship went. What about the days and the memories we spent? Now it feels like I’m being replaced. Now it feels like I don’t know you.

And I’m sorry for the smiles we missed, the times that I blew it. I have so much to tell you. I don’t know where to start. Maybe I’ll find a way. Maybe you’ll help me do it cuz friends like us shouldn’t be apart.

And now we’re left here, two separate paths. You’ll take yours and I’ll take mine. We’re left with broken hearts, growing older, and growing apart.

And slowly as the days go by, you lose friends you never thought you would.

At one point in time, we’ll say our goodbyes, become adults, and live our separate lives. But sun or rain, no matter what weather, you’re always my friend, now and forever.

Friends we’ve been for so long. Now true colors are showing. It makes me wanna cry. Oh, yes it does, cuz I had to say goodbye. But now I should know that in time things would change. So it shouldn’t be so bad. So why do I feel so sad?

How come we don’t even talk no more and you don’t even call no more? We don’t barely keep in touch at all and I don’t even feel the same love when we hug no more.

I guess life took us in two different directions and maybe that's okay with you but sometimes I find myself trying to find my way back to where you are.

I saw you today and realized how far apart we’ve grown. I know I should talk to you and ask you how you’re doing. And I really wish I could. But it’s just occurred to me that we’re strangers now. You don’t know me anymore, much less want to, and it’s okay that you’ve moved on. I know that everything’s different now. I’ve been staying strong.

It’s sad to see that two close people don’t recognize each other anymore… not because they grew up but because they grew apart.

Neither of us meant for things to be this way. If things went differently, maybe we would still talk today.

I've finally figured it out. I'm avoiding you because I can't face it. I love you and it scares me, a lot.

We used to be so close but now we can be standing right beside each other and it feels like we're a million miles apart.

“You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales, that fantasy of what your life would be, white dress, prince charming who would carry you away to a castle on a hill. You would lie in bed at night and close your eyes and you had complete and utter faith. Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Prince Charming, they were so close you could taste them, but eventually you grow up, one day you open your eyes and the fairy tale disappears. Most people turn to the things and people they can trust. But the thing is it’s hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely cause almost everyone has that smallest bit of hope, of faith, that one day they will open their eyes and it will come true.”

The ties that bind us are sometimes impossible to explain. They connect us, even after it seems like the ties should be broken. Some bonds defy distance, and time, and logic. Because some ties are simply… meant to be.

“Even now, I believe for the most part, love is about choices. It’s about putting down the poison and the dagger and making your own happy ending, most of the time. And that sometimes, despite all your best choices and all your best intentions, fate wins anyway.”

Forgive and forget. That’s what they say. It’s good advice, but it’s not very practical. When someone hurts us, we want to hurt them back. When someone wrongs us, we want to be right. Without forgiveness, old scores are never settled… old wounds never heal. And the most we can hope for, is that one day we’ll be lucky enough to forget.

Change; we don’t like it, we fear it, but we can’t stop it from coming. We either adapt to change or we get left behind. And it hurts to grow, anybody who tells you it doesn’t is lying. But heres the truth: the more things change, the more they stay the same. And sometimes, oh, sometimes change is good. Oh, sometimes, change is … everything.

“Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess what I'm feeling - frightened you'll slip away.”

There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore.

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot.  I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow in another day and I believe in miracles.

“Depression is the inability to construct a future”