Jennifer Niven Quotes

The thing I realize is, that it’s not what you take, it’s what you leave.

You need shoving, not pushing. You need to jump back on that camel. Otherwise you’re going to stay up on the ledge you’ve made for yourself.

The problem with people is they forget that most of the time it’s the small things that count.

It’s my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting, and for the millionth time in my life I wish for measles or smallpox or some other easily understood disease just to make it easier on me and also on them.

I thought: Just one step. One step at a time. You don’t have to do them all at once.

The great thing about this life of ours is that you can be someone different to everybody.

I do my best thinking at night when everyone else is sleeping. No interruptions. No noise. I like the feeling of being awake when no one else is.

I just sat there letting that music cover me like a big, cozy blanket.

No more winter at all. Finch, you brought me spring.

Music did that to me, just like God was supposed to, because music seemed both magic and holy.

We are all alone, trapped in these bodies and our own minds, and whatever company we have in this life is only fleeting and superficial.

Sorry wastes time. You have to live your life like you’ll never be sorry. It’s easier just to do the right thing from the start so there’s nothing to apologize for.