I've Wasted A Lot Of Time In My Life. I've Thought Too Much About What People Will Say Or What They're

I've wasted a lot of time in my life. I've thought too much about what people will say or what they're gonna think. And sometimes it's over silly things like going to the grocery store or going to the post office. But there have been times when I really stopped myself from doing something special. All because I was scared someone might look at me and decide I wasn't good enough. But you don't have to bother with that nonsense. I wasted all that time so you don't have to.

— Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

Clarice Lispector, tr. by Johnny Lorenz, Um Sopro de Vida

Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. History has stopped. Nothing exists but an endless present in which the party is always right. -George Orwell

But who can say what's best? That's why you need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much. My experience tells me that we get no more than two or three such chances in a life time, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives.

— Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

The important people in our lives leave imprints. They may stay or go in the physical realm, but they are always there in your heart, because they helped form your heart. There's no getting over that.

— Rachel Cohn, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

It's spring, you're young, you're lovely, you have a right to be happy. Come back into the world.

— Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle