“We fatties have a bond, dude. It's like a secret society. We got all kinds of shit you don't know about. Handshakes, special fat people dances-we got these secret fugging lairs in the center of the earth and we go down there in the middle of the night when all the skinny kids are sleeping and eat cake and friend chicken and shit. Why d'you think Hollis is still sleeping, kafir? Because we were up all night in the secret lair injecting butter frosting into our veins. ...A fatty trusts another fatty.”
―
John Green,
An Abundance of Katherines
“When you don't know what to do for yourself, do something for somebody else.” ― Katherine Center, How to Walk Away
“Choosing to love—despite all the ways that people let you down, and disappear, and break your heart. Knowing everything we know about how hard life is and choosing to love, anyway.. That’s not weakness, that’s courage.” ― Katherine Center, Things You Save in a Fire
“It's the trying that heals you. That's all you have to do. Just try.” ― Katherine Center, How to Walk Away
“I think just because you can't keep something doesn't mean it wasn't worth it. Nothing lasts forever. What matters is what we take with us.” ― Katherine Center, The Bodyguard
“Nobody was perfect. Not even close. And everybody had wrinkles from smiling and squinting and craining their necks. Everybody has marks on their bodies from years of living- a trail of life left on them. Evidence of all the adventures and sleepless nights and practical jokes and heartbreaks that had made them who they are.” ― Katherine Center, Everyone is Beautiful
“More than anything, I know that you just have to choose to make the best of things. You get one life, and it only goes forward. And there really are all kinds of happy endings.” ― Katherine Center, How to Walk Away
“You can't make people love you. But you can give the love you long for out to the world. You can be the love you wish you had. That's the way to be okay. Because giving love to other people is a way of giving it to yourself.” ― Katherine Center, The Bodyguard
“There is no better people-watching than at the airport: the whole world packed into such a tight space, moving fast with all their essentials in their rolling bags. And what caught my attention, as I took a few breaths and lay my eyes on the crowds, were all the imperfections. Everybody had them. Every single person that walked past me had some kind of flaw. Bushy eyebrows, moles, flared nostrils, crooked teeth, crows'-feet, hunched backs, dowagers' humps, double chins, floppy earlobes, nose hairs, potbellies, scars, nicotine stains, upper arm fat, trick knees, saddlebags, collapsed arches, bruises, warts, puffy eyes, pimples. Nobody was perfect. Not even close. And everybody had wrinkles from smiling and squinting and craning their necks. Everybody had marks on their bodies from years of living - a trail of life left on them, evidence of all the adventures and sleepless nights and practical jokes and heartbreaks that had made them who they were.In that moment, I suddenly loved us all the more for our flaws, for being broken and human, for being embarrassed and lonely, for being hopeful or tired or disappointed or sick or brave or angry. For being who we were, for making the world interesting. It was a good reminder that the human condition is imperfection. And that's how it's supposed to be.” ― Katherine Center, Everyone is Beautiful
“I would never tell you that the life you wanted couldn't have been exactly as great as you planned. But you have to live the life you have. You have to find inspiration in the struggle, and pull joy out of the hardship. [...] Because that's all we can do: Carry the sorrow when we have to, and absolutely savor the joy when we can.” ― Katherine Center, How to Walk Away
“It’s not the easy moments that define who we are. It’s the hard ones.” ― Katherine Center, Things You Save in a Fire
“The things we remember are what we hold on to. And what we hold on to becomes the story of our lives.” ― Katherine Center, Happiness for Beginners
“It's amazing how brave you can be when you feel safe.” ― Katherine Center, Things You Save in a Fire
“Getting what you want doesn't make you happy... Having doesn't make you happy: appreciating does; Happiness is more about appreciation than acquisition.” ― Katherine Center, Happiness for Beginners
“Because that’s all we can do: carry the sorrow when we have to, and absolutely savor the joy when we can. Life is always, always both.” ― Katherine Center, How to Walk Away
“That’s the thing I always love best about the human race: How we pick ourselves back up over and over and just keep on going.” ― Katherine Center, Things You Save in a Fire
“It doesn't hurt to spend your life with people who see what's great about you - in a way that you maybe never would have on your own. The people we love to teach us who we are.” ― Katherine Center, The Bodyguard
“I’m at my very best when things are at their very worst.” ― Katherine Center, Things You Save in a Fire
“I wondered if having faith in yourself was just deciding you could do it - whatever it was and then making yourself follow through.” ― Katherine Center, The Bodyguard
“When you don't know what to do for yourself, do something for somebody else.” ― Katherine Center, How to Walk Away
“Choosing to love—despite all the ways that people let you down, and disappear, and break your heart. Knowing everything we know about how hard life is and choosing to love, anyway.. That’s not weakness, that’s courage.” ― Katherine Center, Things You Save in a Fire
“It's the trying that heals you. That's all you have to do. Just try.” ― Katherine Center, How to Walk Away
“I think just because you can't keep something doesn't mean it wasn't worth it. Nothing lasts forever. What matters is what we take with us.” ― Katherine Center, The Bodyguard
“Nobody was perfect. Not even close. And everybody had wrinkles from smiling and squinting and craining their necks. Everybody has marks on their bodies from years of living- a trail of life left on them. Evidence of all the adventures and sleepless nights and practical jokes and heartbreaks that had made them who they are.” ― Katherine Center, Everyone is Beautiful
“More than anything, I know that you just have to choose to make the best of things. You get one life, and it only goes forward. And there really are all kinds of happy endings.” ― Katherine Center, How to Walk Away
“You can't make people love you. But you can give the love you long for out to the world. You can be the love you wish you had. That's the way to be okay. Because giving love to other people is a way of giving it to yourself.” ― Katherine Center, The Bodyguard
“There is no better people-watching than at the airport: the whole world packed into such a tight space, moving fast with all their essentials in their rolling bags. And what caught my attention, as I took a few breaths and lay my eyes on the crowds, were all the imperfections. Everybody had them. Every single person that walked past me had some kind of flaw. Bushy eyebrows, moles, flared nostrils, crooked teeth, crows'-feet, hunched backs, dowagers' humps, double chins, floppy earlobes, nose hairs, potbellies, scars, nicotine stains, upper arm fat, trick knees, saddlebags, collapsed arches, bruises, warts, puffy eyes, pimples. Nobody was perfect. Not even close. And everybody had wrinkles from smiling and squinting and craning their necks. Everybody had marks on their bodies from years of living - a trail of life left on them, evidence of all the adventures and sleepless nights and practical jokes and heartbreaks that had made them who they were.In that moment, I suddenly loved us all the more for our flaws, for being broken and human, for being embarrassed and lonely, for being hopeful or tired or disappointed or sick or brave or angry. For being who we were, for making the world interesting. It was a good reminder that the human condition is imperfection. And that's how it's supposed to be.” ― Katherine Center, Everyone is Beautiful
“I would never tell you that the life you wanted couldn't have been exactly as great as you planned. But you have to live the life you have. You have to find inspiration in the struggle, and pull joy out of the hardship. [...] Because that's all we can do: Carry the sorrow when we have to, and absolutely savor the joy when we can.” ― Katherine Center, How to Walk Away
“It’s not the easy moments that define who we are. It’s the hard ones.” ― Katherine Center, Things You Save in a Fire
“The things we remember are what we hold on to. And what we hold on to becomes the story of our lives.” ― Katherine Center, Happiness for Beginners
“It's amazing how brave you can be when you feel safe.” ― Katherine Center, Things You Save in a Fire
“Getting what you want doesn't make you happy... Having doesn't make you happy: appreciating does; Happiness is more about appreciation than acquisition.” ― Katherine Center, Happiness for Beginners
“Because that’s all we can do: carry the sorrow when we have to, and absolutely savor the joy when we can. Life is always, always both.” ― Katherine Center, How to Walk Away
“That’s the thing I always love best about the human race: How we pick ourselves back up over and over and just keep on going.” ― Katherine Center, Things You Save in a Fire
“It doesn't hurt to spend your life with people who see what's great about you - in a way that you maybe never would have on your own. The people we love to teach us who we are.” ― Katherine Center, The Bodyguard
“I’m at my very best when things are at their very worst.” ― Katherine Center, Things You Save in a Fire
“I wondered if having faith in yourself was just deciding you could do it - whatever it was and then making yourself follow through.” ― Katherine Center, The Bodyguard
