Reminding Quotes - Page 7

• I go through life now reminding myself to remember something, and I do this while that something is happening. I'll be experiencing a moment and I'll say to myself, "Remember this!" Otherwise my whole life just blurs by.

  Heidi Julavits

  Remember Something, Moments, Blur

  "The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Heidi Julavits". Interview with Angela Stubbs, therumpus.net. October 14, 2012.

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• I wish everyone could wake up with a birdie on your shoulder, reminding them that this could be your last day. As you get older, you see how rapidly the years and decades fly by, so I would encourage anyone, no matter the age, to seize their life and be fully present. Savor every moment and go after your dreams. Be relentless in pursuing your happiness.

  Theo Rossi

  Dream, Years, Wish

  "ORIGIN Interview: Sons of Anarchy Actor Theo Rossi". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. November 16, 2015.

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• I feel like the movie is reminding people of who they are, which is what I think all great art does.

  Brie Larson

  Art, Thinking, People

  "Five Minutes With Toronto Breakout Star Brie Larson of ‘Room’". Interview with Lindzi Scharf, wwd.com. September 14, 2015.

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• I thought of inviting you to my other club but you know how it is. Lunching there is a useful way of reminding people that you're still alive, but the members will come up and congratulate you on the fact.

  P. D. James

  People, Alive, Clubs

  P. D. James (2008). “Original Sin”, p.25, Faber & Faber

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• I used my captors names every chance I had. It was intentional, a way of reminding them that I saw them, of pegging them, of making them see me in return.

  Amanda Lindhout

  Names, Way, Saws

  Amanda Lindhout, Sara Corbett (2013). “A House in the Sky: A Memoir”, p.202, Simon and Schuster

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• Behind every good man, there's a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn't have nothing.

  Coretta Scott King

  Men, Good Man, Good Woman

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• When I start writing songs, and they come easily, I'm always very suspicious. That usually means they're reminding me of something I've already done before. When the songs become unsettling, and I feel anxious about what I'm doing, that usually means it's going to be more interesting later on when we actually record the stuff.

  Nick Cave

  Song, Writing, Mean

  "Nick Cave on the Evolution of His Music". Interview with Simon Abrams, www.esquire.com. January 28, 2014.

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• People have an idea that the preacher is an actor on a stage and they are the critics, blaming or praising him. What they don't know is that they are the actors on the stage; he (the preacher) is merely the prompter standing in the wings, reminding them of their lost lines.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Wings, Ideas, People

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• I remember reminding myself that beauty is an opinion, not a fact. And it has always made me feel better.

  Hayden Panettiere

  Feel Better, Facts, Opinion

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• I stare at her chest. As she breathes, the rounded peaks move up and down like the swell of waves, somehow reminding me of rain falling softly on a broad stretch of sea. I'm the lonely voyager standing on deck, and she's the sea. The sky is a blanket of gray, merging with the gray sea off on the horizon. It's hard to tell the difference between sea and sky. Between voyager and sea. Between reality and the workings of the heart.

  Haruki Murakami

  Lonely, Rain, Moving

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• Someday, everything will make perfect sense. So for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears, be strong and keep reminding your self that everything happens for a reason.

  John Mayer

  Inspirational, Smile, Being Strong

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• Well … Zeus approves, Aeolus muttered. ―He says … he says it would be better if you could avoid saving her until after the weekend, because he has a big party planned—Ow! That‘s Aphrodite yelling at him, reminding him that the solstice starts at dawn. She says I should help you. And Hephaestus… yes. Hmm. Very rare they agree on anything. Hold on

  Rick Riordan

  Party, Weekend, Yelling

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• Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy.

  Suzanne Collins

  Kids, Watches, Way

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.20, Scholastic Inc.

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• We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.

  Grant Morrison

  Giving Up, Superhero, Wish

  Grant Morrison (2011). “Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Superhero”, p.416, Random House

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• Keep reminding yourself that literature is one of the saddest roads that leads to everything.

  Andre Breton

  Literature, Reminding Yourself, Saddest

  "Manifesto of Surrealism". Book by André Breton, 1924.

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• I like to think I'm helping them by hating them. I'm reminding them that they aren't God's gift to humankind.

  Veronica Roth

  Hate, Thinking, Helping

  Veronica Roth (2013). “Divergent Series (Books 1-3) Plus Free Four, The Transfer and World of Divergent”, p.64, HarperCollins UK

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• I think he likes you" Miranda Whispered. Realizing she and Derek had drawn attention, she glanced away. "He's probably just curious about me like everyone else" she whispered back. "Nope. He's hot for you" Della said, reminding Kylie of the supernatural hearing of some of the campers. "When he was sitting by you at lunch, he oozed so much testosterone that it was hard to breathe. He wants your body" Della teased. "Well, he's not getting it" Kylie said.

  C.C. Hunter

  Thinking, Lunch, Hot

  C. C. Hunter (2011). “Born at Midnight”, p.80, St. Martin's Griffin

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• It's not that photography recaptures the world you have been in; more that it creates a new one: photographs are like Post-It Notes reminding us of the deep architectonic forms of space and thought.

  Luke Davies

  Photography, Space, World

  Luke Davies (2002). “Isabelle the Navigator”, p.101, Penguin

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• People know your tragedies and they treat you like you’re not human. Like you’re a three-headed goat. A monster from some other planet. They keep reminding you of your pain. You see how they look at me? They’re stuck on that person I used to be. They can’t see that old life as just a moment in time that I’ve moved on from. It was a horrible life.

  Eric Jerome Dickey

  Pain, People, Tragedy

  Eric Jerome Dickey (2006). “Genevieve”, p.191, Penguin

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• Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. How little chance we would stand of surviving another rebellion. Whatever words they use, the real message is clear. “Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen

  Suzanne Collins

  Children, Real, Kids

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.20, Scholastic Inc.

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• You promised you would protect her Nico said. He might as well have stabbed me with a rusty dagger.It would've hurt less than reminding me of my promise.

  Rick Riordan

  Hurt, Promise, Daggers

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• Kayden: Yeah, but you're a girl. Me: Oh, I forgot for a sec. Thanx for reminding me. Kayden: I haven't forgotten at all. In fact, it's all I think about all the time. Me: That I'm a girl?? Kayden: That ur a girl I very badly want to touch right now

  Jessica Sorensen

  Girl, Thinking, Want

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• He didn't see me looking at him, but I could tell the ceremony was having the same effect on him. He was enraptured. It was a rare and sweet look for him, reminding me of the tortured artist that lived beneath the sarcasm. I liked that about Adrian—not the tortured part, but the way he could feel so deeply and then transform those emotions into art.

  Richelle Mead

  Sweet, Art, Sarcasm

  Richelle Mead (2013). “The Indigo Spell: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.28, Penguin

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• The universe is always speaking to us... sending us little messages, causing coincidences and serendipities,reminding us to stop, to look around, to believe in something else, something more.

  Nancy Thayer

  Inspirational, Life, Uplifting

  Nancy Thayer (2010). “Beachcombers: A Novel”, p.3, Ballantine Books

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• It's hard for them because they want to be proud of me, but I keep reminding them that it's all luck. Luck is what got me here, nothing else.

  Robert Pattinson

  Family, Friends, Luck

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