“There is no ideal world for you to wait around for. The world is always just what it is now, and it's up to you how you respond to it.”

“There's no benchmark for how life's "supposed" to happen. There is no ideal world for you to wait around for. The world is always just what it is now, it's up to you how you respond to it.”

“The world is always just what it is now, and it's up to you how you respond to it.”

“How can you give up the world? Just do what you ought to do, and it will give you up.”

“There are always scary things happening in the world. There are always wonderful things happening. And it's up to you to decide how you're going to approach the world...how you're going to live in it, and what you're going to do." —Jo Ellen Chapman”

“That's the funny thing about old hurts- they just wait for new heartache to come along and then show up, just as sharp and horrible as the first day you woke up with the world changed all around you.”