He gets down to the end of his life, and he looks back and decides that all those years he suffered, Those were the best years of his life, 'cause they made him who he was. All those years he was happy? You know, total waste. Didn't learn a thing. So, if you sleep until you're 18... Ah, think of the suffering you're gonna miss. I mean high school? High school-those are your prime suffering years. You don't get better suffering than that.
-Frank; Little Miss Sunshine

You know what? Fuck beauty contests. Life is one fucking beauty contest after another. School, then college, then work... Fuck that. And fuck the Air Force Academy. If I want to fly, I'll find a way to fly. You do what you love, and fuck the rest.
-Dwayne; Little Miss Sunshine

we get high on all types of drug
when, all you really need is love
-Get By; Talib Kweli

Don't stop the DJ, everything's okay,
let me hear ya rock, cause it could be ya last day.
-The Wrath of Marcie; The Go! Team

you could be all that you want to
but you can't make someone want you
-Want U; Lo-Fi-Fink

The Constitution only guarantees the American
people the right to pursue happiness.
you have to catch it yourself.
-Benjamin Franklin

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living.
The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
- Mark Twain

We're gonna have a good day and all my homies gonna ride today
and all these mommies look fly today and the only one we wanna do is get by today heyyy,
we're gonna have a good day and ain't nobody gotta cry today
cause ain't nobody gonna die to u save that trouble for another day heyyy,
we're gonna have a good day
-Good Day; Nappy Roots

Your soul is alive but they want it for ransom
-Rise; Flobots

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
-Self-Reliance; Ralph Waldo Emerson

Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members.
-Self-Reliance; Ralph Waldo Emerson

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,
adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.
-Self-Reliance; Ralph Waldo Emerson

Insist on yourself; never imitate.
-Self-Reliance; Ralph Waldo Emerson

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.
-Self-Reliance; Ralph Waldo Emerson

What you don't have you don't need it now
What you don't know you can feel it somehow
-Beautiful Day; Coldplay

Love is watching someone die.
-What Sara Said; Death Cab for Cutie

Don't wonder why people go crazy.
Wonder why they don't.
-Grey's Anatomy

Well you were talking soda pop
You were talking quite a lot
The opinions that I do not give
The opinions I aint got
So let it drop
-Spitting Venom; Modest Mouse

The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules!
-The Joker; The Dark Knight

You see, nobody panics when things go according to plan. Even if the plan is horrifying. If I told people that a gangbanger was going to get shot, or a busload of soldiers was going to get blown up, nobody would panic. Because it's all part of the plan. But tell people that one tiny little mayor is going to die and everyone loses their minds!
-The Joker; The Dark Knight

Kill you? I don't want to kill you! What would I do without you? Go back to ripping off mob dealers? No, no, you... you complete me.
-The Joker; The Dark Knight

Let's turn the clocks back. A year ago, these cops and lawyers wouldn't dare cross any of you. I mean, what happened? Did your - did your balls drop off? Hmm?
-The Joker; The Dark Knight

Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect and I don't live to be, but before you start pointing fingers make sure your hands are clean.
-Bob Marley

People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel.
-Maya Angelou

Don't wonder why people go crazy. Wonder why they don't.
In face of what we can lose in a day, in an instant, wonder
what the hell it is that make us hold it together.
-Greys Anatomy

bright day turns into a dead end
it happens every time now
it takes me by surprise
and everytime im shocked
something turns out to be nothing
keep my fingers crossed now
everything is wrong
nothing ever goes according to plan
-Weakdays; Young and Divine

I wish we'd always wake up new,
Refreshed and born again with nothing left to lose.
But we dream too much.
Who needs a crutch?
Pull off the bandage,
There’s no wound.
-Sore Thumb; The Format

Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.
-Robertson Davies

Is this what they call freedom?
Is this what you call pain?
Is this what they call discontented fame?
-The Blues; Switchfoot

Shut the fuck up she said, I'm going fucking deaf
You're always too loud, everything's too loud
Now that all my friends left, this place is fucking dead
I wanna move out, when can we move out? This shit has got to stop
I'll run away
Get the fuck up she said
your life is meaningless
it's going nowhere, you're going nowhere
you're just a fuck up she said, I'll live alone instead
she said you don't care, I know I don't care
-Shut Up; Blink-182

I used to think i must be the strangest person in the world but then I thought,
there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me
who feels bizzare and flawed in the same ways I do.
-PostSecret

You ever heard the expression 'The best things in live are free.' Well that expression is true.' Every once in a while, people step up they rise above themselves sometimes they surprise you and sometimes they fall short. Life is funny sometimes. It can push pretty hard but if you look close enough, you can find hope in the words of children, in the bars of the song and in the eyes of someone you love. And if you're lucky, if you're the luckiest person on this entire planet, the person you love decides to love you back.
-Nathan Scott; One Tree Hill

It's been fifty years, fifty long years since I've done this. Looking back on what I said all those years ago, all the hopes and dreams I had, I've come to the conclusion that if having things turn out the way you wanted them to is a measure of a successful life, then some would say I'm a failure. The important thing is not to be bitter over life's disappointments. Learn to let go of the past. And recognize that every day won't be sunny, and when you find yourself lost in the darkness and despair, remember it's only in the black of night you see the stars. And those stars will lead you back home. So don't be afraid to make mistakes, to stumble and fall, cause most of the time, the greatest rewards come from doing the things that scare you the most. Maybe you'll get everything you wish for. Maybe you'll get more than you ever could have imagined. Who knows where life will take you. The road is long and in the end, the journey is the destination.
-Whitey Durham; One Tree Hill

The right person is still going to think the sun shines out of your ass.
That's the kind of person that's worth sticking with.
-Mac MacGruff ; Juno

And I know that things get worse
before they get better because that's
what my psychiatrist says, but this is
a worse that feels too big.
-The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Cause things change, & friends
leave & life doesn't stop for any of it.
-The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Because even if it breaks your heart to be just friends,
If you really care about someone,
You'll take that hit.
-Scrubs

Sometimes you need to step outside,
Get some air, and remind yourself
Of who you are
And where you want to be.
-Gossip Girl

Correct life, is like eating steel or flying a plane
It’s too bright, it’s too bright
-Weightless; Nada Surf

To find someone you love
You've gotta be someone you love
-Concrete Bed; Nada Surf

Sometimes pain becomes such a huge part of your life that you expect it to always be there, because you can't remember a time in your life when it wasn't. But then one day you feel something else, something that feels wrong, only because it's so unfamiliar. And in that moment you realize you're happy.
-Lucas; One Tree Hill

Many people die with their music still in them. Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live…Before they know it…time runs out.
-One Tree Hill

Nate's mom is like the alcoholic easter bunny!
-Skills; One Tree Hill

I'm about to be so tight out there- they gonna be callin me ziploc.
-Skills; One Tree Hill

If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?
-Vince Lombardi

...they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that's the way I want to live.
-To Kill A Mockingbird

To lose articles of clothing,
shake your ass & have fun.
-Mason Musso

Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
-Howard Thurman

The way I see it, you might as well take as big a bite out of life as you can and choke on it,
rather than take small bites and never be fully satisfied.

 think all of us want to feel something that we've forgotten
or turned our backs on because maybe we didn't realize
how much we were leaving behind.
we need to remember what used to be good
if we don't, we won't recognize it, even if it hits us between the eyes.
13 Going on 30

And after a while you learn that you don't need anyone else in order to survive.
No one is ever going to always be there,
no matter what they say or what they promise you.
You just gotta suck it up, accept it
and keep on keepin' on.
-Hey Arnold

Because you're hoping you're wrong. and every time she does something that tells you she's no good, you ignore it. and every time she comes through and surprises you, she wins you over, and you lose that argument with yourself, that she's not for you.
-The Holiday

Heavenly Father, help us remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic last night is a single mother who worked nine hours that day and is rushing home to cook dinner, help with homework, do the laundry and spend a few precious moments with her children. Help us to remember that the pierced, tattooed, disinterested young man who can't make change correctly is a worried 19-year-old college student, balancing his apprehension over final exams with his fear of not getting his student loans for next semester. Remind us, Lord, that the scary looking bum, begging for money in the same spot every day is a slave to addictions that we can only imagine in our worst nightmares. Help us to remember that the old couple walking annoyingly slow through the store aisles and blocking our shopping progress are savoring this moment, knowing that, based on the biopsy report she got back last week, this will be the last year that they go shopping together. Heavenly Father, remind us each day that, of all the gifts you give us, the greatest gift is love . It is not enough to share that love with those we hold dear. Open our hearts not to just those who are close to us, but to all humanity. Let us be slow to judge and quick to forgive, show patience, empathy and love.

I heard that you were living well, but you don't look like you're living to me.
Though the sparkle is gone, the smile is in place so that everyone can see.
You've got them all convinced, but I know it so well that you could list your friends,
but you can't count on them.

Put up or shut up, we're not wasting time again,
The credits are rolling and we're getting lost again,
-All Time Low;

why do people let you down
why are they difficult for no reason
all people really want in this world is peace and love
or so they say, then why do they make it so fucking hard
to make it through with a smile on your face

stay high as the sky and bust the fuck out.
-Free; G. Love

Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.
-Dame Edna Everage

Everybody knows
It hurts to grow up
And everybody does
Its so weird to be back here
Let me tell you what
The years go on and
Were still fighting it, were still fighting it
And youre so much like me
Im sorry
-Still Fighting It; Ben Folds Five


i got shit running through my brain
so intense that i can't explain
all alone in my white boy pain
shake your booty while the band complains
-Rockin' The Suburbs; Ben Folds

But with life we never know when we're coming up to the end of the road.
-We Live; Superchick

Your eyes tell the stories of a day you wish you could
Recall the moments that once have
-A Favor House Atlantic; Coheed and Cambria

I create feelings in others that they themselves don't understand.
-Lightning McQueen; Cars

When was the last time you cared about something except yourself, hot rod?
You name me one time, and I will take it all back.
-Doc Hudson; Cars

Ain't no need to watch where I'm goin', just need to know where I've been.
-Mater; Cars

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career.
I've lost almost 300 games.
26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed.
I've failed over and over and over again in my life.
And that is why I succeed.
-Michael Jordan

a day without a friend is like a pot
without a single drop of honey in it.
-Pooh

If I had a world  of my own, everything would be nonsense.
Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't.
And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be.
And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?
-Alice in Wonderland

It's a lie, you know, to pretend that nothing is important to you.
It's hiding. Believe me, I know, because I hid for a long time.
But now I won't do it anymore. The truth is bioluminescent.
I don't lie, and I odn't waste time on people who do.
-Hard Love; Ellen Wittlinger

If you don't know who you are,
how is anybody else supposed to get to know you?
-Hard Love; Ellen Wittlinger

I always feel like I'm the one
with everything to prove.
-Keira Knightley

the one day when the power of love
can overcome the love of power,
our world will be in peace
-jimi hendrix

To Cathrine.
I wonder weather your name starts with a C or a K.
I wonder whether you prefer almond joy to milky way.
I wonder whether you sleep to the left or to the right.
I wonder who you think would win if me & Phillip got into a fight.
Oh so many things for me to wonder.
So very pretty.
When Elliott said goodbye to ET did you breakdown & cry?
I wonder if I gave you pudding, eggs, and flour,
could you make a boston cream pie?
I wonder if your eyes close when you come in for a kiss.
I wonder if we had a baby would you object to having a bliss.
Oh so many things for me to wonder.
Oh I love grape jelly.
-Mixed Nuts

We recognized eachother the first day we met -
two hollow souls trying to pass for normal.
Together we add up to zero, but at least our hopelessness has a twin.
-Hard Love; Ellen Wittlinger

i don't know if you love at all,
but i bet you wish you had
-Big House; Newsboys

Love is an ugly, terrible business,
practiced by fools.
It'll trample your heart, and leave you bleeding on the floor.
And what does it really get you in the end?
Nothing ;
but a few incredible memories that you can't ever shake.
-Little Manhatten

in three words I can sum up everything
I've learned about life - it goes on
-Robert Frost

I'm not confused.
I'm just well mixed.
-Robert Frost

I don't intend on being perfect,
I just intend on experiencing everything.

What is learning, it's paying attention.
It's opening you up to the big ball of shit that we call life.
And what's the worst thing that could happen is you get bit in the ass.
Well let me tell you my ass looks like hamburger meat, but i can still sit down.
-Accepted

There's something to be said about a glass half full.
About knowing when to say when.
I think it's a floating line.
A barometer of need and desire.
It's entirely up to the individual.
& depends on what's being poured.
Sometimes all we want is a taste.
Other times there's no such thing as enough,
the glass is bottomless.
and all we want, is more.
-- Grey's Anatomy

sometimes the things you complain most about

are the things you care most about.

unfortunately, you don't always know

that before it's too late.

-Boy Meets World.

Funny how no one seems to want what they've got.
-Heart of Glass; Zoe Dean

second-guessing yourself will get you nowhere

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
-Soren Kierkegaard

It doesn't pay to get excited about things.
You just get your heart broken.
-Heart of Glass; Zoe Dean

Did anyone ever know anyone really?
Or was it that everyone had two sides,
different faces seen by different people at different times?
-Heart of Glass; Zoe Dean

Love was something that happened slowly,
because you gave it time to grow.
IT couldn't come from fear or even from seduction.
It came because you felt whole enough and strong enough
all on your own to let another person in.
It sounded cheesy. It was an utter cliche. But it was also true.
-Heart of Glass; Zoe Dean

There are no little events in life.
Those we think of no consequence might be full of fate.
-Amelia Barr

"Never face facts; if you do, you'll never get up in the morning."
-Marlo Thomas

"Even big-screen romances have 'it's not going to work' moments.
It's nice to strive for romance in life.
What are you going to do, throw in the towel
because you might get your heart broken?"
-Drew Barrymore

Every day that you are alive is another day full of possibility.
Cherish it. Make the most of it.
Use it wisely and well.
And one day when you are very, very, very old
and you leave this world for whatever is out there,
leave it a better place than you found it.
-Heart of Glass; Zoe Dean

make love, not sense

The world is a better place when you smile.
-Nicolas Sparks

Let go of what kills you and hold
onto what keeps you breathing.
There must be millions of
people all over the world
that don't get love letters.
I could be their leader.
-Charlie Brown

oppertunity does not knock, then knock again,
then leave a note saying,
"sorry i missed you."
-That 70's Show

don`t re-think things. because usually,
your first thought is what you really
want to do. so just follow it through.

You can erase someone from your mind.
Getting them out of your heart is another story.
-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Do more than exist,live.
Do more than touch,feel.
Do more than look,observe.
Do more than read,absorb.
Do more than hear,listen.
Do more than listen,understand.
Do more than think,ponder.
Do more than talk,say something.

dream a little today.
you can face reality tomorrow..

i`m afraid that if you look at
something long enough, it  loses
it's meaning ...
-andy warhol

You don't have tomorrow and you don't have yesterday.
Do it now.

People don't really want the truth, they just want good news.
-everwood

peace, i try to spread it
love, i want it
happiness, i pretend to have it
-me

Speak your mind,
even if your voice shakes.

forget about what you thought you
were, and just accept who you are.
-jersey girl

because sometimes, you have to step
outside of the person you've been,
and remember the person you were
meant to be. the person you wanted to be.
the person you are.
    -one tree hill

I don't want the years to pass by this way...

That's the other thing those books always lie about.
They always make everything okay in the end,
but that's not how life works.
There are some things that can't be fixed.
-Bloom; Elizabeth Scott

I don't know what to do.
I don't know how to feel about how I feel.
I need to talk to someone.
It's been a long tmie since I've felt this way,
but I do now.
All of this, everything that's happened-
it's too huge tokeep inside.
And I think maybe I know someone who will listen.
Maybe even understand.
-Bloom; Elizabeth Scott

You just have to- I don't know.
Let go of being scared or soemthing.
Just be who you are
-Bloom; Elizabeth Scott

Talking about someone who makes you happy acutally makes you happy.
Being happy makes you want to talk, to go over everything, to share it
so you can remember it all over again.
-Bloom; Elizabeth Scott

Now that I've felt more, I want to keep feeling that way.
Even if it does scare me a little. Or a lot.
-Bloom; Elizabeth Scott

I am not strong or brave or anything like I should be.
I am just me.
-Bloom; Elizabeth Scott

Life could be snatched away.
The body is a fragile shell designed to hold the human brain.
It won't always be here.
It doesn't really belong to us.
-Overboard; Elizabeth Fama

Humans are the only thing that care about humans,
and in the end we don't even do that very well.
-Overboard; Elizabeth Fama

Why don't you come right out & say it
even if the words are probably gonna hurt?
I'd rather have the truth than something insincere.
-Relient K

See, duckies are good, cuz not only do they give you that non-threatening sense of security, but you can feed 'em crackers and you can ride 'em. See, duckies are the horsies of the ocean. No, I mean they are.
-Eric; Boy Meets World

There's a difference between falling and letting go.
-Bloom; Elizabeth Scott

With a second chance I’d mess it up again
But I’d do it worse than before
Cause I’ve learned so much more
-Half the Fun; Snow Patrol

another night i lie alone,
i hope my love won't come too late
-Poetry & Aeroplanes; Teitur

Everybody pretended to know what they were doing,
but nobody knew anything.
-The Dating Game

I'm continually waiting for something better that never comes.
Maybe it would help if I knew what I wanted.
-Sloppy Firts; Meghan McCafferty

When folks take your freedom & the only way is to risk dying for it
then dying comes when it wants to.
You go on, you'll be all right.
You young. You got plenty to live for.
Just know who you're dealing with.
-The Glory Field

And it was at that time that I thought about Thomas Jefferson writing that Declaration of Independence. Him saying that we have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I thought about how he knew to put the 'pursuit' in there, like no one can actually have happiness. We can only pursue it.
-The Pursuit of Happyness

Maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue. And maybe we can actually never have it no matter what. -The Pursuit of Happyness

Waiting for you
 is like waiting for rain in this drought.
Useless and disappointing
-Cinderella Story

Perhaps luck exists somewhere between the world of planning, the world of chance, and the peace that comes from knowing that you just can't know it all.
-Little Black Book

I believe we write our own stories and each time we think we know the end...we don't.
-Little Black Book

Well, the wind is real, but you can't see the wind. You know, you can only see the leaves rustling in the trees. Pain is real but you can't see pain. You can only see tears. Happines is real, but you can't see happiness. You can only see the smile on someone's face.
-7th Heaven

The very things that hold you down are going to lift you up.
 -Timothy Mouse; Dumbo

We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are.
Sane or insane.
Saints or sex addicts.
Heros or victims.
Letting history tell us how good or bad we are.
Letting our past decide our future.
Or we can decide for ourselves.
And maybe it's our job to invent something better.

After all, you can only be in a bad mood for so long
before you have to face up to the fact that it isn't a bad mood at all.
It's just your sucky personality.
-Sloppy Firsts; Megan McCafferty

we're all so much stronger than i ever thought possible

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself, in any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
You are the person who'll decide where to go.
-Dr. Seuss

Pile up too many tomorrows and you'll find that you've collected nothing but a bunch of empty yesterdays.

she's just a teenage maniac
with her heart out on the dancefloor
-frequently baby; melee

I'm too much or not enough
maybe everyone else is messed up
well anyway I cant seem to stay
in just one state of mind
--
cus it's one thing or another
I don't even know why I bother
one thing just tears her down
cus its one thing or another
I don’t even know why I bother
one thing I just cant get around
-just apathy; tally hall

Sometimes, to do what's right,
we have to be steady and give up the thing we want the most.
Even our dreams.
-Spider-man

i'll promise i'll get there,
if you promise to stay.
-i'll get there; logan square

My heart fell out of my backpack and into a puddle
And so my chest was empty but it felt okay
I just fished out the pieces and walked away..
-Nowhere and Everywhere; Michelle Lewis

I'm afraid of not having enough time. Not enough time to understand people,
how they really are, or to be understood myself. I'm afraid of quick judgements
and mistakes that everybody makes. You can't fix them without time. I'm afraid
of seeing snapshots instead of movies.
-Bailey; The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants

Some people say you`re going the wrong way,
when it`s simply a way of your own.
-Angelina Jolie

do you know how hard this is for me, first impressions?
thats all i got. so if i dont flirt with the boys & joke with
the girls, they're gonna realize that there's not much
behind the tight jeans & the low cut top
-Ugly Betty

Sadness may remain for a night
but joy comes in the morning
-Psalm 30:5