John Corey Whaley Quotes
Top 64 wise famous quotes and sayings by John Corey Whaley
John Corey Whaley Famous Quotes & Sayings
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She just looked right at him the only way she ever had, like he was the only other person in the world.
We all get people that help us make sense of the world, right? We just have to figure out how to keep them however we can.
He hasn't left his house in three years, he's not crazy, he's a genius; just tv and videogames twenty four-seven, I think he's my new hero ...
You're both living these lives you didn't choose to live in a world full of people telling you what that's supposed to mean. That's messed up.
It was easier for me to hate everyone in town than hate myself for being afraid I'd be just like them.
He was afraid of the world, afraid it would find a way to swallow him up. But, maybe everyone was sometimes.
And, long after Clark had gone home, Solomon stayed up wondering if everyone falls in love with someone who can't love them back.
Cullen?"
"Hey, Mom."
"Can you do me a favor?" she asked in that way that implied that saying no would cause someone to die.
"Hey, Mom."
"Can you do me a favor?" she asked in that way that implied that saying no would cause someone to die.
Cabot Searcy began to care about learning not for the sake of making good grades, but because he still wanted to change the world.
As smart as I am, it took a boy stuck in his house to teach me that sometimes it doesn't matter where you are at all. It only matters whos with you.
But she believed there was a thin line between accepting one's fears and giving in to them altogether.
I'm sorry, Cullen. I really am. I know this sucks. But you're better off anyway. And you'll be fine. You needed me. Now someone else needs me.
Dealing with chronic anxiety has taught me to better understand the nuances of mental illness and the very individual nature of it.
I love meeting readers and booksellers and am beyond overwhelmed and gratified at the reception. Each day feels like an adventure.
That's how I knew I loved her so much, because not loving her didn't make any sense once I'd known what it felt like.
Not a day on your calendar should ever be empty. It's bad luck. Twenty-four hours of wasted opportunity.
I've been an assistant to a folklorist and a teacher. There may or may not have been some sandwich-making at a certain sub chain in my past as well.
If this were an indie movie, we'd start talking about the constellations," Solomon said, looking up at the stars.
In the middle of my fourth year teaching is when I got my book contract - in 2010. I knew the book would come out in May 2011.
I often found myself in situations where I had, without thinking, said too much to too many with too little caution.
You're like Lady Macbeth without the murder." "Thank you. You have no idea how much of a compliment that is to me.
Ada Taylor knelt beside me on the floor as I cried for the first time over the thought that my favorite person in the world was probably dead.
She believed in herself maybe more than other people believed in God or the devil or Heaven or Hell.
But, you see, it is not so much in the things we say to them about Christ, but more in the things we do for them that mirror the ways of Christ.
I thought, 'What if I were 17, and it was my small town of Springhill, Louisiana? How would I feel if people started flooding in to see some bird?'
I thought maybe a day was coming when I'd stop constantly worrying about how to live. Maybe at some point I'd just start living, no questions asked.
Isn't it better not knowing? Like, just liking each other and seeing each other all the time without any definition to it?
I can't seem to be a pessimist long enough to overlook the possibility of things being overwhelmingly good.
The unspoken philosophy of all those in love with Ada was something like this: If I have to die to get that, then death it is.
someone who wants to trust everyone so much that they don't see a lie when it's slapping them right in the face.