“You're scared, but just because you can't see your future, doesn't mean I can't. I see it clearly because I can see mine.”
― Amanda Maxlyn, quote from What's Left of Me
“To the normal person, waking up on Mondays can suck. Let's face it: who enjoys having to wake up early on a Monday to start your week over again? For me, it is something I've missed. I swear, when I beat this cancer I will never complain about it again. Why? Because it means I'm healthy. It means that it is a day other than Saturday. It means I have something to do, or somewhere else to be, other than at home, sick and feeling helpless.”
― Amanda Maxlyn, quote from What's Left of Me
“I don't believe in holding regrets or taking things for granted. What is handed to me is not always welcome, but I've learned to deal with it one day at a time. I've learned that in order to build strength, there has to be a struggle. Living is my struggle.”
― Amanda Maxlyn, quote from What's Left of Me
“If a guy doesn’t like the way you eat, then he was never that into you.”
― Amanda Maxlyn, quote from What's Left of Me
“once told me that it’s not about whether there is life after you die, but whether you’re alive before you die.”
― Amanda Maxlyn, quote from What's Left of Me
“Men this good-looking are only supposed to exist in books or movies. Not real life. Even”
― Amanda Maxlyn, quote from What's Left of Me
“I was meant to meet Parker. He brings out the best in me. He brings out the life in me.”
― Amanda Maxlyn, quote from What's Left of Me
“If everything that represents who I am is gone, then what’s left of me?” “Everything,”
― Amanda Maxlyn, quote from What's Left of Me
“I’m not scared of death, Dad,” I told him. “I’m scared of not living. I don’t want to die with any regrets that I didn’t get to do the things in life that I’ve always wanted.”
― Amanda Maxlyn, quote from What's Left of Me
“We’re not dead yet, so don’t talk to us like we’re about to be.”
― Amanda Maxlyn, quote from What's Left of Me
“I just want it to stop. All of it. The pain. The suffering. The fucking cancer. I want it gone. I need it gone, Jean. It’s tearing me apart inside. God, I hate this. Even all the lying I’m doing to Parker. It’s breaking my heart.”
― Amanda Maxlyn, quote from What's Left of Me
“I was pissed that I couldn’t go out and celebrate like someone turning twenty-one typically would, so I wore black hair to show my family just how pissed off I was.”
― Amanda Maxlyn, quote from What's Left of Me
“You don’t need to be someone you’re not. Haven’t you learned that? Stop being scared and face the world. I know you’re not in remission yet, but who can say they have been through cancer twice and beat it? Confront the world, Aundrea. You’re alive. Be proud of the strong woman you are and stop hiding behind your wig.”
― Amanda Maxlyn, quote from What's Left of Me
“My fingers stop spinning the thumb ring that sits perfectly on my left hand. Blinking, I meet Dr. Olson’s”
― Amanda Maxlyn, quote from What's Left of Me
“cried the entire time my mom shaved my head. She wanted to cut it shorter and wait, but I wanted to be in control. I needed to be in control. I was going to make the decision of when my hair got to leave my body. Not someone else or my cancer. People”
― Amanda Maxlyn, quote from What's Left of Me
“Everything and anything that you will give me. I want it all. I want to be your legs when you can’t walk. I want to be your arms when you’re too weak to eat. I want to be there for you day and night.”
― Amanda Maxlyn, quote from What's Left of Me
“Soon you won’t be able to tell what’s real and what’s not because you’ll just be living in that head of yours! An”
― Amanda Maxlyn, quote from What's Left of Me
“I can’t pick a favorite book, explaining that it’s not about what or who is the best, but rather the story itself. Each book is different and unique, bringing out the best emotions in me. I love getting pulled out of reality—away from the reminders of my pain. When”
― Amanda Maxlyn, quote from What's Left of Me
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“I wonder how many people don't get the one they want, but end up with the one they're supposed to be with.”
― Fannie Flagg, quote from Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
“Don't say 'what,' say 'pardon,' darling, and do as your mother tells you.”
― Helen Fielding, quote from Bridget Jones's Diary
“I just never felt so fantastically rocky in my entire life.”
― J.D. Salinger, quote from Franny and Zooey
“Always in life an idea starts small, it is only a sapling idea, but the vines will come and they will try to choke your idea so it cannot grow and it will die and you will never know you had a big idea, an idea so big it could have grown thirty meters through the dark canopy of leaves and touched the face of the sky.' He looked at me and continued. 'The vines are people who are afraid of originality, of new thinking. Most people you encounter will be vines; when you are a young plant they are very dangerous.' His piercing blue eyes looked into mine.' Always listen to yourself, Peekay. It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention. If you are wrong, no matter, you have learned something and you grow stronger. If you are right, you have taken another step toward a fulfilling life.”
― Bryce Courtenay, quote from The Power of One
“Once upon a time,” I began. “There was a little boy born in a little town. He was perfect, or so his mother thought. But one thing was different about him. He had a gold screw in his belly button. Just the head of it peeping out.
“Now his mother was simply glad he had all his fingers and toes to count with. But as the boy grew up he realized not everyone had screws in their belly buttons, let alone gold ones. He asked his mother what it was for, but she didn’t know. Next he asked his father, but his father didn’t know. He asked his grandparents, but they didn’t know either.
“That settled it for a while, but it kept nagging him. Finally, when he was old enough, he packed a bag and set out, hoping he could find someone who knew the truth of it.
“He went from place to place, asking everyone who claimed to know something about anything. He asked midwives and physickers, but they couldn’t make heads or tails of it. The boy asked arcanists, tinkers, and old hermits living in the woods, but no one had ever seen anything like it.
“He went to ask the Cealdim merchants, thinking if anyone would know about gold, it would be them. But the Cealdim merchants didn’t know. He went to the arcanists at the University, thinking if anyone would know about screws and their workings, they would. But the arcanists didn’t know. The boy followed the road over the Stormwal to ask the witch women of the Tahl, but none of them could give him an answer.
“Eventually he went to the King of Vint, the richest king in the world. But the king didn’t know. He went to the Emperor of Atur, but even with all his power, the emperor didn’t know. He went to each of the small kingdoms, one by one, but no one could tell him anything.
“Finally the boy went to the High King of Modeg, the wisest of all the kings in the world. The high king looked closely at the head of the golden screw peeping from the boy’s belly button. Then the high king made a gesture, and his seneschal brought out a pillow of golden silk. On that pillow was a golden box. The high king took a golden key from around his neck, opened the box, and inside was a golden screwdriver.
“The high king took the screwdriver and motioned the boy to come closer. Trembling with excitement, the boy did. Then the high king took the golden screwdriver and put it in the boy’s belly button.”
I paused to take a long drink of water. I could feel my small audience leaning toward me. “Then the
high king carefully turned the golden screw. Once: Nothing. Twice: Nothing. Then he turned it the third time, and the boy’s ass fell off.”
There was a moment of stunned silence.
“What?” Hespe asked incredulously.
“His ass fell off.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, quote from The Wise Man's Fear
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