Seventeen Quotes Novels & Stories

“When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging and try filling it instead” stared at me in big blocky white letters. I stared at the motivation quote with the backdrop of an early morning beach of some crystalline blue ocean and wondered why I thought tacking that up in my locker was a good idea. I wasn’t even sure it made sense. “Robin Douglass, you are an idiot,” I whispered as I shook my head. That would explain why I’d think tacking up some silly quote would somehow change the insignificance and dullness of my life.

I am happy and I don’t want to ruin it all by myself so I am just going to shut up and enjoy the moment because in situations like this, that’s all you can really do. “By once or twice, she means maybe a couple of hundred times.” “Stop listening to Justin Bieber.” I tell him. What’s wrong with him quoting that blonde human guy for me.

“We’re taking it a day at a time.” “That’s the best way to do things,” Brown proclaimed. “Epicurus said, ‘Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.’” Sarah grinned. Brown had an incredible brain for memorization, and always had a few words of wisdom from a philosopher at the ready. “I’ve missed your quotes.”

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“I’m serious.” “I sometimes take time to process what’s being said, so it’s not rare for people to think I’m stupid,” she said, looking away. “You’re not stupid,” I said sincerely. “And trust me, I’d know. I have met many dumb people, but you’re not one of them.” Summer chuckled, “Thanks.” I knew she was feeling shy and embarrassed about it, but I wanted to know more. “Is it the ADHD?” She hummed, playing with my tie, and said, “I always related to a Hamilton quote. ‘He looked at me like I was stupid. I’m not stupid.’” She swallowed and continued, “It gets overwhelming sometimes.”

"You can't be this cautious all the time. The brave may not live very long but—" "—the cautious do not live at all," I finished the quote from The Princess Diaries. Cassie sighed dreamily and looped her arms through mine. "I love Anne Hathaway," she stated, earning a laugh from me. And just like that, I was ready to be spontaneous.

[ I am listening to Only Love by Jordan Smith. " I know that and my remains as The Ceo's Woman by The Blips. " " Hm, I hope that we too can become famous and popular for our Talents one day. " " Of course we will! After all, we are hard-working and devoted to what we are doing, or have you forgotten about the Quote which says that each of us in this world is meant to leave our Marks on history. " " Yes, I remember that but I don't think everyone does, remember the young fifteen-year-old girl who died from Sickle cell in the Novel, The Better Place? "

“ Ella, God allows us to go through pain to grow us in faith and stature. ” “ Really? ” “ Have you heard of the quote which says, there's no growth without pain? ” “ I have. But how does that relate to this? I never searched for a boyfriend, all I did was want a Best friend, so why? Why did this have to happen, why? ” “ Steve Jobs said something that resonated with me for a while. He said, “ You don't connect the dots looking forward, you only do so looking backwards. ” The dots will connect, Ella. Soon, you'll be thankful it all happened the way it did. ”

She found Joel still seated comfortably as he bobbed his head to the music in his ears. Shooting him a killing look, she sat on one of the chairs close to the door. The motivational posters of various colours that decorated the sky-blue painted walls caught her attention. And most of them, she observed, contained quotes from famous people. Some she had heard of and some she had read about. "A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt. That one made her smile. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." ~ Nelson Mandela

She let me, which at seventeen was its own kind of grace. "I am so proud of you," I said when I finally trusted my voice. "Not for Harvard. Harvard is wonderful, but that's not the part that matters most right now. I'm proud of you for thinking critically about your own motivations. For refusing to drift into a future because it was available and expected, and instead stopping to ask yourself whether it was genuinely yours." I pulled back enough to look at her. "Do you understand how rare that is? To be seventeen and already doing that work?"