73 Inspiring Quotes By Sara Quin

Sara Quin, one half of the iconic indie pop duo Tegan and Sara, is not only celebrated for her poignant lyrics and dynamic performances but also for her insightful and inspiring quotes. Known for her introspective and candid approach to art and life, Sara's words have the power to resonate deeply with fans and newcomers alike. In the ever-evolving landscape of music and personal expression, her quotes stand out as beacons of motivation and reflection. Whether you’re seeking wisdom on creativity, identity, or perseverance, this curated collection of 73 quotes offers a glimpse into the mind of an artist who continually inspires through both words and music. Join us as we explore some of her most thought-provoking and uplifting expressions that have captured the hearts and minds of so many.

1. “So let’s make things physical,I won’t treat you like you’re oh so typical” - Tegan Quin

2. “Stay, you'll leave me in the morning anyway. My heart, you'll cut it out you never liked me anyway.” - Sara Quin

3. “Why did you take me down this road if you don't want to walk with me? Why do you exist all alone, when you could just talk to me?” - Sara Quin

4. “Now I'm all messed up, sick inside wondering where you're leaving your makeup.” - Sara Quin

5. “Now I'm all messed up sick inside wondering who's life your making worth while.” - Sara Quin

6. “I was a fool for love, I was a fool.” - Tegan Quin

7. “Come together. Twins Forever.” - Tegan Quin

8. “Lets be twins forever.” - Tegan Quin

9. “I feel like I wouldn't like me if I met me and I feel like you wouldn't like me if you met me.” - Tegan Quin

10. “I look into the mirror for evil that just does not exist.” - Sara Quin

11. “Yes I give you everythingYes I give you anythingI gave you everything.” - Tegan Quin

12. “this is the last honest look I'll ever give.” - Tegan Quin

13. “One time in your lifeYou've got the route in hand But the map is stuckThey said it's not your fault The tires are tired the camera movesAnd your driver's been pulled” - Tegan Quin

14. “I felt you in my legsBefore I even met you” - Tegan Quin

15. “Maybe I would have been something you'd be good at. Maybe you would have been something I'd be good at.” - Tegan Quin

16. “I won't regret saying this, this thing that I'm saying. Is it better than keeping my mouth shut? That goes without saying. Call, break it off call, break my own heart.” - Tegan Quin

17. “There's a chance I'll start to wonder if this was the thing to do. I'll start to wonder if this was the thing to do.” - Tegan Quin

18. “A letter to send to you and if I forget, or god forbid die too soon, hope that you'll hear me,know that I wrote to you.” - Sara Quin

19. “Might paint something I might want to hang here someday, might write something I might want to say to you someday, might do something I'd be proud of someday. Mark my words, I might be something someday.” - Sara Quin

20. “Let them say what they will, 'cause they will anyhow. Let them say what they will, 'cause they will anyhow.” - Tegan and Sara

21. “Unnerved, the nerve, you're nervous, nervous that I'm right.” - Sara Quin

22. “On the drive back here I was worrying over nothing. On the drive back there tears spilling over something.” - Sara Quin

23. “I won't mistake you for problems with me. I won't let my moods ruin this you'll see. I won't take everything good and move it away. I won't be left dancing along to songs from the past.” - Sara Quin

24. “How can they ask why I feel so angry? Do you see my problem if I never explain it?But then there's you asking me how long. Say something, it's taken me so long.” - Tegan Quin

25. “Where do you go with your broken heart in tow? What do you do with the left over you? And how do you know, when to let go? Where does the good go, where does the good go?” - Tegan Quin

26. “Don't bend, don't bleed, don't beg, don't scream, don't whine, don't fight, don't tell me. Don't tell me, don't tell me. Don't feel, don't tear, don't kiss, don't care, don't touch, don't want me. Don't want me, don't want me. Something's so sick about this, my misery's so addictive. I'm halfway there watching Northshore from the floor singing to you over my shoulder.” - Tegan Quin

27. “Love pull your sore ribs in. I will pull your tangles out.” - Sara Quin

28. “I don't want to live my life like a story. Always thinkin I could've been something. Don't run along side and control me. Just film away and let me be.” - Tegan Quin

29. “There's something so divided, Don't worry about me I'll be fine, Don't live your life for me or for anyone. Live your life as if you're one.” - Tegan Quin

30. “Wake me up from this dream and tell me. Things aren't as bad as they seem.” - Sara Quin

31. “They say you're big before you're small I'm sure glad I don't know it all.” - Sara Quin

32. “Full of beautiful grace so we steal their space, and death comes quickly.” - Sara Quin

33. “Don't be so cruel to me. Don't promise me anything. I've got everything that i need. I need love in a good way.” - Tegan Quin

34. “All of the things that you promised me that you'd be, now your hands are tired.And all of the things that you promised me that you'd need, now my hands are tired.” - Tegan Quin

35. “Will you ever use common sense, I hear it comes pretty cheap. And if I speak more clearly, if I make more sense. Will you shut your mouth. You won't come across so dense. Close your eyes and then you free your mind.” - Tegan Quin

36. “Hardly happy at all, and I'm ready to take the fall. We pay for the stupid things we've done where I come from. Can you sit through this? Or is it gonna be too deep?” - Tegan Quin

37. “An angel kissed my strings, while I slept last night. And her rhythm broke my hunger. And I died a little less.” - Sara Quin

38. “He sat me down. He said he was incomplete. He thinks true love's gonna get him back on his feet. He said you only find love once in your life. So I guess when you find it you're gonna hold it right? You'll hold it right?” - Tegan Quin

39. “Yes I'll come get you, and I will bring you home. I'll come get you, and I will bring you home.I'll come get you, and I'll say: Welcome home.” - Tegan Quin

40. “Dignified in what she does, when she sings the smile that she brings to all of you unaware of what's to come, I said tell me what's to come.” - Tegan Quin

41. “So I'm gonna write it down to scream it out, and I'm never gonna be the same again. Fear is the color you've all exposed, now I gotta get up here and prove the importance of my clothes of my pose. I suppose, again.” - Tegan Quin

42. “Every moment was that moment, every day was that day, every second was that second, and I've lost myself again.” - Tegan Quin

43. “I saw my first angel.And it was you.” - Tegan Quin

44. “Imagine you're so far away no matter what you do, no matter what you say, you couldn't stop the world for a moment.” - Tegan Quin

45. “If I gave you my number would it still be the same If I saved you from drowning?” - Tegan Quin

46. “Promise me you'll never go away.Promise me you'll always stay.” - Tegan Quin

47. “This next song is about when you get your heart broken and you try your best to glue it back together and you wake up one morning and you’re so happy because you realize, Oh my God, the tape’s holding!” - Sara Quin

48. “What I love about being queer is... Everything. I like that it makes me different, and I like that it makes people uncomfortable sometimes. I like that it makes people ask me lots of questions about things they probably would not normally ask people about their relationships or lifestyles. And most of all I love being queer because i get to have a girlfriend.” - Tegan Quin

49. “They didn’t fly out of my body, I actually had to push the little fuckers out.” - Sonia Clement on Tegan and Sara

50. “I want to show girls you don't have to get married and have kids and give up you dreams. You can conquer the world. YOu can play in front of a crowd of 20,000 people, and you can own that shit.” - Tegan Quin

51. “This week or last week, I don't really care about it anymore. I write myself this later, I tell myself you let me go.” - Sara Quin

52. “I close my eyes I make myself unhappy so you'll go. Without me, oh what's wrong with you?” - Sara Quin

53. “I always say that anybody who’s single ― like Sara ― their love is the most intense love. The heartbreak they’re enduring is the most intense heartbreak. We cannot understand what Sara’s going through. When it’s love, it’s my love, you can’t understand it. You can’t compare. But I really related to where Sara was on this record. When she was writing these songs and coming to me like: You don’t understand, I was like: You’re right, but I also do.” - Tegan Quin

54. “I'm quite sure we'll find one another, in a place better than this, a time filled with us.” - Tegan Quin

55. “If you're a sports star and you say 'faggot' on the courts, you get fined. But if you're in music and you say it 234 times, you get an MTV music award.” - Tegan Quin

56. “When we were doing interviews for our bio, I described hearing that song for the first time to be like Sara was standing on my chest. I just felt really sad, and that was having heard all the other songs in order leading up to that one. I know that when Sara was writing these songs it was during the end of her relationship and it was someone she’d been friends with for almost ten years and been with for four years. It was just the psyche of it, when you’ve known someone for half your life, literally, and then have to leave them, and not necessarily because you want to but just because it’s the right thing to do, and it’s just not healthy and you’re not good anymore, there’s no growth and you have to have growth. And when I hear that song, the idea of that all happening just makes me sick to my stomach a little bit. But it’s in an enjoyable way.” - Tegan Quin

57. “I get so sad that sad gets to be.So scared that all my feelings they up and leave me. I got so city girl on you. I go so crazy I don't know what to do.” - Tegan Quin

58. “I work so much, I miss the sun shine away. I sleep so little, Watch the stars fade into day.” - Tegan Quin

59. “I would go to jail with only boys. Just to prove I was as tough as you. And when I get out for good behavior, I'll be writing love songs. Silly banging knee songs.” - Sara Quin

60. “Creep up and tell me that you, you love me more each time you, look into my eyes.” - Tegan and Sara

61. “Every second I spend waiting,Drags me closer to this grave.I'm not alone.No, I'm just on my own.” - Tegan Quin

62. “Endless nights took on my whole life. Or so I thought. It turns out that all your friends, they were just mean, dressed up.” - Tegan Quin

63. “It could have been a month or, It could have been a year, But I, I gave up long before, Long before you cared.” - Sara Quin

64. “I feel you in my bones. You're knocking at my windows. You're slow to letting me go. And I know this feeling, This feeling in my bones.” - Tegan and Sara

65. “If you’ve got it to give, You’ve got to give it all. If you’ve got it to give, You've got to give it all. Oh give it all to me.” - Tegan Quin

66. “Rise up, wise up, say it loud. Soul, I will not lie to you. I'm all alone. I'm still missing you, missing you, missing you.” - Tegan Quin

67. “I don't need company in the company of you. And I don't need love, 'Cause your love will do. And I've got you. And you've got me. And that's all we need.” - Tegan Quin

68. “We, gays, can get married in Canada. We let heterosexuals too, but that was a huge thing, we had to have a referendum and a vote, it’s crazy! But then we were like, if they want to get married.. that’s cool. That’s gonna destroy their relationships, but.. Heterosexuals deserve the same rights as homosexuals.” - Tegan Quin

69. “I hate being so emotionally slutty. I need to stop loving everyone I have a long conversation with.” - Sara Quin

70. “All I said to you, all i did for you, seems so silly to me now.” - Tegan Quin

71. “I live my life in a way that I feel completely comfortable with. I don't struggle with who I am, who I date, who I love, what I say or what I stand for, not just sexuality but everything.” - Sara Quin

72. “No matter whether you’re a gay or a mixed race couple; when you’re drawn together, ultimately it doesn’t matter what everybody thinks because it’s so honest, true, and sincere. How can that be wrong?” - Tegan Quin

73. “Me being in love with a girl and wanting her to be with me, doing what I need to do to make her stay with me; it affects no one, yet it’s terrifying to people and they think you’re a monster.” - Sara Quin