“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
“As the dog sprinted back, Jack said to the girl, "Sweetheart,honey, why do you have to be so hateful?"
"Why not?" Ellie said. "It's not like being good ever got me anywhere.”
― Ilsa J. Bick, quote from Ashes
“I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, quote from Being and Nothingness
“If a deed is done, it’s time to move on.”
― Vicki Myron, quote from Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
“Olvidar es un lujo, nadie vendrá a llevarse las cosas que quisiera no haber visto, las cosas que quisiera no haber conocido. Tendré que vivir con ellas.”
― Cat Patrick, quote from Forgotten
“was at playtime. Big Joe came up to school to see Charlie and me. He just stood and watched us from outside the school gate. He did that often when Charlie and I first went off to school together — I think he was finding it lonely at home without us. I ran over to him. He was breathless, bright-eyed with excitement. He had something to show me. He opened his cupped hands just enough for me to be able to see. There was a slowworm curled up inside. I knew where he’d got it from — the churchyard, his favorite hunting ground. Whenever we went up to put flowers on Father’s grave, Big Joe would go off on his own, hunting for more creatures to add to his collection; that’s when he wasn’t just standing there gazing up at the tower and singing Oranges and Lemons at the top of his voice and watching the swifts screaming around the church tower. Nothing seemed to make him happier than that. I knew Big Joe would put his slowworm in with all his other creatures. He kept them in boxes at the back of the woodshed at home — lizards, hedgehogs, all sorts. I stroked his slowworm with my finger, and said it was lovely, which it was. Then he wandered off, walking down the lane humming his Oranges and Lemons”
― Michael Morpurgo, quote from Private Peaceful
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