“One thing I've learnt recently is that blowing out someone else's candle doesn't make yours shine any brighter.”
― Zoe Sugg, quote from Girl Online Going Solo
“Someone else's success is not your failure.”
― Zoe Sugg, quote from Girl Online Going Solo
“There's enough room for everyone to do the thing they're good at.”
― Zoe Sugg, quote from Girl Online Going Solo
“Why do boys think they can fight over someone like she's some kind of trophy?”
― Zoe Sugg, quote from Girl Online Going Solo
“Mind if I cut in?’ says the voice. An American voice. My heart flutters then starts beating wildly. It isn’t … It can’t be … But it is. It’s Noah Flynn.”
― Zoe Sugg, quote from Girl Online Going Solo
“Focus on your own lane, go at your own pace, don't look sideways. Someone else's success does not have to impact you or detract from what you achieve.”
― Zoe Sugg, quote from Girl Online Going Solo
“But I guess you never really know some people. Sometimes they can be wonderful; sometimes they can be the absolute worst. You just have to decide how much of either you can accept.”
― Zoe Sugg, quote from Girl Online Going Solo
“Maybe this whole growing-up thing isn't so bad after all.”
― Zoe Sugg, quote from Girl Online Going Solo
“Outside there's a chill in the air that reminds me autumn is on the way, even though it's still only September. This time of year is my absolute favourite; the leaves start to turn golden and wither away after their summer of hard work, and the sun seems to shine a lot more clearly as the mist from the summer heat disappears. Everything just seems a little brighter and fresher--a clean slate. That's exactly what I need.”
― Zoe Sugg, quote from Girl Online Going Solo
“There are a lot of maybes, but it's better than the nevers that were there before.”
― Zoe Sugg, quote from Girl Online Going Solo
“I find it best to worry about the little things. Things that can be helped by being worried about. Such as the making of clam chowder, (..)coffee. The bigger stuff, well, you have to handle that as it faces you.”
― Terry Pratchett, quote from The Long Earth
“Yes, sir. Blackmail…Yes. It’s deplorable that we’ve been forced to this”
― Ágota Kristóf, quote from The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie: Three Novels
“It is better to believe in men too rashly, and regret, than believe too meanly. Men could be more than they are, if they would try for it. He has shown them that. How many have tried, because of him? Not only those I have seen; there will be men to come. Those who look in mankind only for their own littleness, and make them believe in that, kill more than he ever will in all his wars.”
― Mary Renault, quote from The Persian Boy
“What? Is that boy crazy?"
"Most young men his age are somewhat crazy, I think," Sazed said with a smile. "However, this is hardly unexpected. Haven't you noticed how he stares at you when you enter a room?"
"I thought he was just creepy.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Mistborn
“Adults, waiting for tomorrow, move in a present behind which is yesterday or the day before yesterday or at most last week: they don't want to think about the rest. Children don't know the meaning of yesterday, or even of tomorrow, everything is this, now: the street is this, the doorway is this, the stairs are this, this is Mamma, this is Papa, this is the day, this the night.”
― quote from My Brilliant Friend
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