Counting By 7s Quotes

The ability to keep your mouth shut is usually a sign of intelligence

When you care about other people, it takes the spotlight off your own drama.

For someone grieving, moving forward is the challenge. Because after extreme loss, you want to go back.

It's possible that all labels are curses. Unless they are on cleaning products.

books=comfort

And endings are always the beginnings of something else.

A second can feel like forever if what follows is heartbreak.

And just being there is ninety-nine percent of what matters when your world falls apart

I don't want to know how you did it. I want to believe you are magic.

Every person has lots of ingredients to make them into what is always a one-of-a-kind creation.

[T]he deepest form of pain comes out as silence.

maybe that happens when you've been through a lot. all of your edges are worn off, like sea glass. either that, or you shatter.

She is like me. Silent. I admire that in a person. The ability to keep your mouth shut is usually a sign of intelligence. Introspection requires you to think and analyze. It's hard to do that when you are blabbing away.

All reality is a blender where hopes and dreams are mixed with fear and despair.

I'll be ready. I'm not sure for what exactly. But maybe that's what being ready really means.

I'm putting my place in the universe into perspective. I'm stardust. I'm golden brown. I'm just one small bit in a vast expanse.

if you're lost you might need to swim against the tide

It has been my experience that rewarding and heartbreaking often go hand in hand.

I'm not brave; it's just that all other choices have been thrown out the window.

Every person has lots of ingredients to make them what is always a one-in-a-kind creation. We are all imperfect genetic stews.

What we expect rarely occurs; what we don't expect is what happens.

From my observation, the older you get, the more you like the word cozy. That's why most of the elderly wear pants with elastic waistbands. If they wear pants at all. This may explain why grandparents are in love with buying grand kids pajamas and bathrobes.

She said that I was highly gifted. Are people lowly gifted? Or medium gifted? Or just gifted? It's possible that all labels are curses. Unless they're on cleaning products. In my opinion, it's not really a great idea to see people as just one thing.

A genius shoots at something no one else can see, and hits it.

Only in cartoons and fairy tales and greeting cards do endings have glitter

I force myself to think of anything but the one thing that I'm actually always thinking about. And that is so exhausting that I sleep more than I ever have.

I somehow make it through the first month. I dress and brush my teeth when they tell me to. And I experience the hollow feeling of complete loss, which is emptiness.

The sky is filled with stars.

I think it's important to get pictures of things on your head. Even if they are wrong. And they pretty much always are.

Dysphagia is the medical term for not being able to swallow, and I know that there are two kinds of dysphagia: oropharyngeal and esophageal. But maybe there is also a third kind of dysphagia that comes when your heart breaks into pieces. I can't swallow because I have that kind.

Or is life so filled with random action that the very notion of caution is futile?

And just being there is ninety-nine percent of what matters when your world falls apart.

It was ironic that the kids who didn't go to school would be punished with the threat of being kicked out.

Connectedness. One thing leads to another. Often in unexpected ways.

I cut all my words out. My heart was too full of them.

At least it's working out because Cheddar is sort of obsessed with me, or at least very interested, which in the world of felines counts as obsessive behavior.

The idea of something for nothing is appealing in some visceral way. Even free things are never free. The burden of ownership means everything has a price.

Plants (like people) thrive when there is balance.

sometimes when you're lost,you might need to swim against the tide

All reality, I decide, is a blender where hopes and dreams are mixed with fear and despair.

I usually found so-called "small talk" boring. I like "large talk", which is more about theories and concepts, mixed with facts and known quantities.

Physical stamina is a component in leadership, even in the modern world, where it isn't necessary to be able to harness an ox. Because it is still impressive if you can.

You don’t have to watch many wildlife documentaries to know that the herd doesn’t accept the lone straggler.

It would look pretty messed up to be a social worker and have dried kid blood as a permanent stain in your vehicle.

They speak to me, not in words, but in action. They tell me that life goes on.

A leader organizes people whether they know it or not.

the deepest form of pain comes out as silence.

The girl next to me starts to cry when she sees the sprinkles. I'm wondering if she's worried about the long-term side effects of consuming artificial food coloring. It's a valid concern.

Pattie saw grief. Her eyes focused on a version of her own young self, and so many other children in Vietnam who grew up without parents, some abandoned because of their ethnicity, others because of tragedy. And her arms reached out wide.

Even if free things are never free. The burden of ownership means everything has a price.

I will see only what I want to see. It's possible that's how people get through crisis. The world where we live is so much in our head.

I admire that in a person. The ability to keep your mouth shut is usually a sign of intelligence.

That’s the thing about time. A second can feel like forever if what follows is heartbreak.

He couldn’t throw things away because he had trouble figuring out what had value and what didn’t. Plus he liked the comfort of possessions. If he couldn’t belong to something, at least something belonged to him.

Because in my opinion it’s not really a great idea to see people as one thing. Every person has lots of ingredients to make them into what is always a one-of-a-kind creation.

I feel moved because they aren’t treating me like I’ll break into a million pieces.

Each blossom held it's own unique possibility.

I don’t want to know how you did it. I want to believe that you’re magic.

Because after extreme loss, you want to go back.

When you care about other people, it takes the spotlight of your own drama.

I’m asking you to pay attention in a new way and view it all as being Alive. With a capital A.

Teenage boys are so easily amused.

What we expect rarely occurs; what we don’t expect is what happens.

I am a shadow. I no longer dream in color. I don't count by 7s. Because in this new world I don't count.

People usually find a good place for stray dogs, or for the elderly when they can no longer go up stairs or use a can opener. Finding a good place for a kid seems like a much bigger challenge.

I want to see this lady out the front gate and into her car and off the street and out of town and then removed from the county and then the whole state and finally relocated to the place they call Tornado Alley in Kansas.

The trains full of the Strange ran on time.

… the tone of her voice demanded that the world listen as she stood up for her brother and for me.

Dehydration is the cause of ninety percent of daytime fatigue.

but I cannot find my voice to do anything about these future calamities, because it is someone's idea of inspirational to release the bobbing weapons.

Just the idea that there were important sections of the books and other sections that didn’t deserve the swipe of the yellow pen made his stomach hurt.

The two people I need to get in touch with, the two people who most need to hear this most horrible news, are not here

named

Life, I

She said they needed to put down a real root system to achieve their potential

Dell no longer ate meat loaf. He

I’m not brave; it’s just that all other choices have been thrown out the window.

She's there for me. And just being there is ninety-nine percent of what matters when your world falls apart.

It takes some effort, but I manage to eventually communicate that I’d like hot water with honey and three tablespoons of white vinegar. This is harder than it should be.

Endings are always the beginnings of something else

I will see only what I want to see. It’s possible that’s how people get through crisis. The world where we live is so much in our head.

I can be engaged by the arc of the water in a sprinkler system. I can look through a microscope for a shockingly long period of time.

Their failure to care wasn't just appealing, but seductive. Because cats made you try.

have seen trees that survive fire. Their bark is burned and their limbs are dead branches. But hidden under that skeleton is a force that sends a single shoot of green out into the world. Maybe

They are living, growing, reproducing, pushing and pulling in the ground all around us at all times. We accept that without even noticing. Open your eyes, people. This is amazing. If plants made sounds, it would all be different. But they communicate with color and shape and size and texture. They don’t meow or bark or tweet. We think they don’t have eyes, but they see the angle of the sun and the rise of the moon. They don’t just feel the wind; they change directions because of it.

The woman does all the talking, and Pattie doesn’t respond. She doesn’t even say “uh-huh,” or “I understand.” She is like me. Silent. I admire that in a person. The ability to keep your mouth shut is usually a sign of intelligence. Introspection requires you to think and analyze. It’s hard to do that when you are blabbing away.

they use words to build something as real as cloth

The burden of ownership means everything has a price.

The Madagascar show had nothing like that. It focused on a group of monkeys who looked like squirrels in racoon costumes.

One thing leads to another. Often in unexpected ways.

We were both interested in botany, and I tried to explain some of the things I knew without sounding like the host of the Discovery Channel.

Every person has lots of ingredients to make them into what is always a one of-a-kind creation.We are all imperfect genetic stews.

All reality, I decide, is a blender where hopes and dreams are mixed with fear and despair. Only in cartoons and fairy tales and greeting cards do endings have glitter

I have given in. But that's different from giving up.

The outfits worn by my fellow students were, in my opinion, either way too tight or way too loose. Apparently having something that actually fits was not acceptable.

As we pulled out of the driveway, I was anxious, but I knew for certain one thing: I was ready for middle school. I was wrong. The place was so loud. The girls were shrieking and the boys were physically attacking each other.

A guy named Otto Sayas—I would give anything to have a name that was a palindrome—knocks

It said I was "highly gifted." Are people "lowly gifted"? Or "medium gifted?" Or just "gifted"? It's possible that all labels are curses. Unless they are on cleaning products. Because in my opinion it's not rally a great idea to see people as one thing. Every person has lots of ingredients to make them into what is always a one-of-a-kind creation.

Según mi experiencia, satisfactorio y rompecorazones suelen ir de la mano.

All reality, I decide, is a blender where hopes and dreams are mixed with fear and despair. Only