With the Fire on High
Elizabeth Acevedo
Top 10 Best Quotes
“And sometimes focusing on what you can control is the only way to lessen the pang in your chest when you think about the things you can't.”
“The world is a turntable that never stops spinning; as humans we merely choose the tracks we want to sit out and the ones that inspire us to dance.”
“I've had a lot of things to feel ashamed about and I've learned most of them are other people's problems, not mine.”
“...you can't control how people look at you, but you can control how far back you pull your shoulders and how high you lift your chin”
“It's wild to miss someone so much, and yet in order to care for them you have to constantly say goodbye.”
“And I know the past isn't a mirror image of the future, but it's a reflection of what can be; and when your first love breaks your heart, the shards of that can draw blood for a long, long time.”
“I feel like I'm being pulled in a hundred different directions and my feet are stuck in cement.”
“Whatever we are to become, I'm glad that we can laugh through the uncomfortable moments.”
“Where we come from leaves its fingerprints all over us, and if you know how to read the signs of a place, you know a little bit more who someone is.”
“the fear you have for someone else’s life always eclipses the fear you have for your own.”
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Book Keywords:
inspirational, missing-someone
