“We face challenges every day both big and small. But regardless we are always ready for any obstacle, and we have each other to stay grounded, grow together and for comfort. Our memories growing up are what built our foundation. I think we are proof to never give up. None of us are perfect, and we're okay with making fun of our flaws.” ThinkingGivingBigsTogetherFacesFunGrowsChallengesMemoriesPerfectGrowing UpGrowingReadyComfortGiving UpBuiltOkayFoundationObstaclesProofFlawsGroundedNever Giving UpOur Memories Author:Christina Milian
“I started making work, and it's like, yes you are calling out all of these things that are part of your memory, your body's memory, things that have gone through your pores, what you've seen, what you've experienced, and you spill them out without thinking. I don't think so much about, "Okay, I'm going to make work, and it's going to be about this." It's just going to come out.” ThinkingBodyMemoriesGoneCallingOkayYour BodyOur MemoriesSpills Author:Leonardo Drew
“I actually had some funny dialogue [ in Stardust Memories], a little piece, and we shot all day in this big ballroom. Gordon Willis was the director of photography, and at the end of the day, Gordon turned to Woody Allen and said, "We cannot accomplish all of this in this space. It's impossible." And we'd been rehearsing and trying to shoot this thing all day. So Woody said, "Okay, let's do something else." He looked at me and said, "Come back tomorrow, I'll put you in something else." And he did.” TryingLittlesSaidEndsBigsMemoriesSpacePiecesImpossibleTomorrowDirectorsPhotographyShotsOkayAccomplishDialogueThe End Of The DayWoodyStardustBallroomRehearsingAnd At The End Of The Day Author:Brent Spiner
“There are times in your life when, despite the steel weight of your memories and the sadness that seems to lie at your feet like a shadow, you suddenly and strangely feel perfectly okay.” FeelsSeemsLyingMemoriesSadnessFeetShadowOkayWeightDespiteSteel Book:The View from the Seventh Layer: Stories Source: The View from the Seventh Layer: Stories
“I wouldn't mind the early autumn if you came home today I'd tell you how much I miss you and know I'd be okay. It's funny how we never know exactly how our life will go It's funny how a dream can fade with the break of day. Time can't erase the memory and time can't bring you home Last Summer was a part of me and now a part is gone. —Margaret” IfsKnowsMindHomeDreamTodayLastsMemoriesBreakGoneOur LivesMissingSummerOkayAutumnFadesEraseLast Summer Author:Jacqueline Woodson
“I don't know where to start," one [writing student] will wail. Start with your childhood, I tell them. Plug your nose and jump in, and write down all your memories as truthfully as you can. Flannery O' Connor said that anyone who has survived childhood has enough material to write for the rest of his or her life. Maybe your childhood was grim and horrible, but grim and horrible is Okay if it is well done. Don't worry about doing it well yet, though. Just get it down.” IfsKnowsWritingWellsSaidDoneEnoughMemoriesWorryChildhoodStudentsMaterialsOkayHorribleNosesSurvivedGrimWell DonePlugs Author:Anne Lamott
“We've left the moment. It's gone. We're somewhere else now, and that's okay. We've still got that moment with us somewhere, deep in our memory, seeping into our DNA. And when our cells get scattered , whenever that happens, this moment will still exist in them. Those cells might be the biulding block of something new. A planet or star or a sunflower, a baby. Maybe even a cockroach. Who knows? Whatever it is, it'll be a part of us, this thing right here and now, and we'll be a part of it.” KnowsStillsMomentsMightHappensLeftStarsMemoriesGonePlanetsBabyOkayBlockCellsSomething NewThat MomentDnaSomewhere ElseHere And NowOur MemoriesCockroachesSunflower Author:Libba Bray
“I’ll still be missing you as much as ever. I’l still smile at the memory of you. I’ll still be - Okay, I’ll say it again - loving you, but I won’t abandon myseld for you. I cannot be faithful to you without being faithful to myself.” StillsMemoriesMissingOkayFaithfulAbandonLoving YouBeing Faithful Author:Jerry Spinelli
“Taking a deep breath that smelled of rain, she was poised to move when a hand clasped her elbow. Memories of another hand grabbing her sent panic shooting through her veins. She swung around. "Whoa. You okay?" Lucas lightened his clasp around her arm. Kylie caught her breath and stared up at the werewolf's blue eyes. "Yeah. You just...surprised me. You need to whistle when you come up on me.” NeedsHandsEyeMovingMemoriesArmsRainOkayBreathsBlueYeahCaughtCome UpShootingPanicVeinsWerewolfBlue EyesElbowsDeep BreathGrabbing Author:C.C. Hunter
“Alec," Magnus said. He put a hand on his boyfriend’s shoulder; Alec was standing still, staring angrily at the floor. "Are you okay?" Alec looked at him. "Who are you again?" Magnus gave a little gasp; he looked — for the first time Simon could remember — actually unnerved. It lasted only a moment, but it was there. "Alexander," he said. "Too soon to joke about the happy memory thing, I take it," Alec said.” FirstsLittlesSaidStillsMomentsHandsRememberMemoriesJokesFirst TimeStandingOkayShouldersStaringYou AgainStanding StillHappy Memories Book:City of Lost Souls Source: City of Lost Souls
“Mallory dropped her head to the steering wheel. "Look, I'm mad at you, okay? This isn't about me. I know my painful memories are relative. My life is good. I'm lucky. This isn't about how poor little Mallory has had it so hard. I'm not falling apart or anything." He stroked a hand down her back. "Of course you're not. You're just holding the steering wheel up with your head for a minute, that's all.” KnowsLooksLittlesHardHandsLife IsFallCoursesMemoriesPoorMinutesLuckyOkayMadPainfulWheelsRelativeFalling ApartPainful MemoriesLife Is GoodSteeringMy Life Is Good Author:Jill Shalvis
“Look, just stop trying to annihilate yourself, okay? Because if I think you can do it, I'll make Doc pull me out today. Or I'll tell Jared. Just imagine what he would do. I imagined it for her, smiling a little through my tears. Remeber? He said no guarantees about what he would or wouldn't do to keep you here. I though of those buring kisses in the hall...thought of other kisses and other nights in her memory. My face warmed as I blushed. You fight dirty. You bet I do.” IfsThinkingTryingLooksLittlesSaidTodayFacesNightFightingCan DoMemoriesImagineTearsKissingOkayDirtyGuaranteesHallsYou Can Do ItStop Trying Author:Stephenie Meyer