“Try to look at your experience here as a mandala, Chapman. Work hard to make something as meaningful and beautiful as you can. And when you're done, pack it in and know it was all temporary. You have to remember that. It's all temporary.”— Yoga Jones, youtube.comTagged: OITNB, Zen, Perspective, Peace, Acceptance
“Other people aren't the scariest part of prison, Dina, it's coming face-to-face with who you really are. Because once you're behind these walls, there's nowhere to run, even if you could run. The truth catches up with you in here, Dina. And it's the truth that's gonna make you her bitch.”— Piper Chapman, youtube.comTagged: OITNB, Truth, Crime, Prison, Identity
“The thing about reality is it’s still there waiting for you the next morning.”— Miss Rosa, lauraslittlespoon.tumblr.comTagged: OITNB, Reality, perseverance
“Everyone wants to go back in time sometimes; to go back to the moment when everything was still possible. Before they made a wrong turn so that they can go on the right path. But it’s not possible. All we can do is make the most of right now.”— Sam Healy, dreatoodope.tumblr.comTagged: OITNB, Time, Moving Forward, Mistakes, Regret
“Life gets messy sometimes. You gotta learn you can’t always fix it.”— Alex Vause, fandomisinthedetails.comTagged: OITNB, Life, Pessimist, Acceptance, Zen
“You can’t spend your whole life holding the door open for people and then being angry they didn’t thank you. Nobody asked you to hold the fucking door.”— Anonymous (Caputo's Ex-Girlfriend), previously.tvTagged: OITNB, Life, Motivational, Doormat, strength
“I believe this world is a damaged place, and if you can find a sliver of happiness, stay in it as long as you can.”— Anonymous, tribecafilm.comTagged: OITNB, Life, Happiness, Sad, Growing Pains
“Sometimes people just don't want to play with you, and that's okay.”— Suzanne Warren, rollingstone.comTagged: OITNB, Acceptance, Social Anxiety, Overthinking, Friendship
“No offense, but, uh, men being in charge has never done me any good.”— Tiffany "Pennsatucky" Doggett, twitter.comTagged: OITNB, Girl Power, white privilege, Male Privilege, Gender Wars
“Sometimes you’ve got to rage in order to move on.”— Alex Vause, indigomountains.tumblr.comTagged: OITNB, Anger, Moving On
“I was there for Alex. She was what I paid attention to. Who I paid attention to. Everything else was just background.”— Piper Chapman, marieclaire.co.ukTagged: OITNB, Love, Romantic, In love, Dating
“All problems are boring until they’re your own.”— Red Reznikov, avclub.comTagged: OITNB, Problems, Selfish, Ego
“It’s like you become more you, which normally is like ‘Blaaaaagh! Pow!’ But now it’s okay because the person, like, whoever—they chose to take all that on. All that weird stuff, whatever’s wrong, or bad, or hiding in you. Suddenly it’s alright. You don’t feel like such a freak anymore.”— Suzanne Warren, youtube.comTagged: OITNB, Love, Relationship, Dating
“You're funny, but also boring in all the right ways.”— Polly Harper, springfieldspringfield.co.ukTagged: Love, OITNB, In love, Relationship, Romantic
“Sometimes the kindest thing to do is to let people go.”— Leanne Taylor, vulture.comTagged: OITNB, Letting Go, Break Up, Moving On
“I used to spend a lot of time thinking how I could make you love me. Like, if I had long pretty hair, or if I made chocolate cake with frosting, or if I had a green bicycle. Turns out the answer is you’re not a nice person. You’re a mean person. And I used to think you was a yellow dandelion, but yo…”— Suzanne Warren, aimocariahs.tumblr.comTagged: OITNB, Break Up
“It’s like coming home from a long trip…that is what love is like. It's coming home.”— Piper Chapman, youtube.comTagged: OITNB, Love, Home
“[What is love?] Pain. Horrible pain. That you want again and again.”— Sophia Burset, youtube.comTagged: OITNB, Love, Heartbreak, Pain
“I love you. But we both know I don't have the balls to free-fall through life with you.”— Piper Chapman, youtube.comTagged: OITNB, Love, Break Up, Heartbreak
“Love is the lie we tell ourselves so we don't go extinct.”— Sam Healy, nerdist.comTagged: OITNB, Love, Pessimist
“This year I'm lovin' someone who deserves me. ME.”— Suzanne Warren, tvfanatic.comTagged: OITNB, Love, Self love, valentine's day
“Yeah, I get it. You're one of the good guys. But guess what. We all think we're good guys.”— Alex Vause, twitter.comTagged: OITNB, Identity, Good, Growing Pains, Ego
“I am not crazy. I am unique.”— Suzanne Warren, rollingstone.comTagged: OITNB, unique, crazy, Individuality
“We're not a family. We're a band-aid and once you rip it off, all we are to each other is scars.”— Maria Ruiz, avclub.comTagged: OITNB, Family, Sad, Break Up