Written by: Hannah Field | Editor-in-Chief<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes, a quote or poem can come along that can change the trajectory of one\u2019s life. Maybe about grief, love, friendship and life, words of wisdom can forever impact and alter one\u2019s experience on Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve collected some of my favorite quotes \u2014 from coping with loss to making the most of every second alive \u2014 to share as possible inspiration for the next time things get hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was often full of rage and despair. I was always lonely. In spite of all that I was and am in love with life.\u201d \u2014 Jeanette Winterson, \u201cWhy Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in the broken world.\u201d \u2014 Mary Oliver, \u201cInvitation\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHere is the world to which I am condemned, in which, despite myself, I must somehow live.\u201d \u2014 Fyodor Dostoyevsky, \u201cThe House of the Dead\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2018You\u2019ll always be sad about this,\u2019 she said softly. \u2018But it doesn\u2019t mean you made the wrong choice. It\u2019s just something that you have to carry.\u2019\u201d \u2014 Celeste Ng, \u201cLittle Fires Everywhere\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIsn\u2019t all that rage so ugly? And isn\u2019t it mine, still? Good god, isn\u2019t it mine?\u201d \u2014 Ashe Vernon, \u201cBuried\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHow odd, I can have all this inside me and to you it\u2019s just words.\u201d \u2014 David Foster Wallace, \u201cThe Pale King\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe died at 7:07 a.m. PST. It is three hours earlier in Hawaii. Does that mean in Hawaii she hasn\u2019t died yet? But the plane ride to Hawaii is five hours long. This time gap can never be overcome. The difference is called grieving.\u201d \u2014 Victoria Chang, \u201cObit\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd that I did not give to anyone the responsibility for my life. It is mine. I made it. And can do what I want to with it. Live it. Give it back, someday, without bitterness, to the wild and weedy dunes.\u201d \u2014 Mary Oliver, \u201cStaying Alive\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo one ever tells you that bravery feels like fear.\u201d \u2014 Mary Kate Teske<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI want to talk about what happened without mentioning how much it hurt. There has to be a way. To care for the wounds without reopening them. To name the pain without inviting it back into me.\u201d \u2014 Lora Mathis, \u201cIf There\u2019s A Way Out I\u2019ll Take it\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n