“The world changes and we change with it. I am better off in this world. But the world is not better. And I don't want that.”— Jack Thorne, Scorpius Malfoy, amazon.com
“Even a tiny forward step is a step in the right direction, no matter how small.”— Khloé Kardashian, amazon.com
“This variable we know as change cannot be feared, because it is the thing that takes us to freedom. It takes us to the place where blossoms bloom out of our own souls dark places.”— Leena Sanders, thoughtcatalog.com
“Change may be the only variable that results in our dull places, but it just so happens to be the only variable that brings us to our most effervescent state of being.”— Leena Sanders, thoughtcatalog.com
“And what is a friend? More than a father, more than a brother: a traveling companion, with him, you can conquer the impossible, even if you must lose it later. Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing. It is…”— Elie Wiesel, amazon.com
“'See that flower? That flower was in a small pot in my living room but it outgrew it's surroundings. So I transplanted it here in the garden. Now when I pulled it out of the small pot in my living room, it resisted a little. It tried to hang on by its roots. I had to force it out.' 'Because you thou…”— Mr. Feeny, amazon.com
“The urge to make art or contemplate philosophy does not go away when you are sick. Those urges just become transfigured by illness.”— John Green, Hazel, amazon.com
“I don’t have perfect teeth. I’m not stick thin. I want to be the person who feels great in her body and can say that she loves it and doesn’t want to change anything.”— Emma Watson, emma-watson.net
“Sometimes the future changes quickly and completely and we’re left with only the choice of what to do next. We can choose to be afraid of it, to stand there trembling, not moving, assuming the worst that can happen or we can step forward into the unknown and assume it will be brilliant.”— Shonda Rhimes, Dr. Cristina Yang, Sandra Oh, amazon.com
“Change…We don’t like it, we fear it. But we can’t stop it from coming. We either adapt to change, or we get left behind. It hurts to grow. Anybody who tells you it doesn’t, is lying. But here’s the truth: Sometimes, the more things change, the more they stay the same. And sometimes, oh, sometimes, c…”— Shonda Rhimes, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com
“It's much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody.”— Stephen Chbosky, amazon.com
“I was making the most common and the most painful mistake women have made all throughout the ages: to naively think that with their love they can change the man they love.”— Elif Shafak, amazon.com
“Just as clay needs to go through intense heat to become strong, Love can only be perfected in pain.”— Elif Shafak, amazon.com
“The quest for Love changes us. There is no seeker among those who search for Love who has not matured on the way. The moment you start looking for Love, you start to change within and without.”— Elif Shafak, amazon.com
“So we need to break through these limitations. We need to keep changing the attitude that raises our girls to be demure and our boys to be assertive, that criticizes our daughters for speaking out and our sons for shedding a tear. We need to keep changing the attitude that punishes women for their s…”— Barack Obama, glamour.com
“While I’ll keep working on good policies—from equal pay for equal work to protecting reproductive rights—there are some changes that have nothing to do with passing new laws. In fact, the most important change may be the toughest of all—and that’s changing ourselves.”— Barack Obama, glamour.com
“How we so fear change, shifting numbers, so cling to old money, archaic language, worn-out tendencies and muddled colonies, that we stall and maw, hem and haw, defend Old Glory like she's more than fabric running with the combination of wars.”— Leah Angstman, amazon.com
“Maybe not. But maybe that's how the world changes, Isaiah. One father, one child, at a time.”— Barbara Samuel, amazon.com