How Things Quotes
296 quotes by 268 authors
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Out here, you find out that the city fools you about how things really work.
— Scott Westerfeld
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The sun will rise tomorrow. It always does, and all the wishing in the world for the way things were, or for what they could…
— Elizabeth Scott
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That was how things were back then. Anything that grew took its time growing, and anything that perished took a long time to be forgotten.…
— Joseph Roth
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..Such practices and beliefs, which interfere with happiness, are neither inevitable nor necessary; they evolved by chance, as a result of random responses to accidental…
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Nobody knows how things will turn out, that's why they go ahead and play the game...You give it your all and sometimes amazing things happen,…
— Gennifer Choldenko
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Remember to remember your power - everything you've learned with these steps to financial freedom - and put it all into practice everyday, because in…
— Suze Orman
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Bruno opened his eyes in wonder at the things he saw. In his imagination he had tough that all the huts were full of happy…
— John Boyne
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gettimg attached to things is pointless. Thats how things get screwed up.People care to much about everything. Let it go. You'll be happier.
— Nick Burd
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I operate under the assumption that people don't notice the good in me. That's just how things always seem to play out. I get blamed,…
— Wendelin Van Draanen
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And I could have died right then. And considering how things went, I really should have.
— Ned Vizzini
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[...] and as I walked, I tried to see the funny side. It wasn't easy, and I'm still not sure that I managed it properly,…
— Hugh Laurie
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You can't go back to how things were. How you thought they were. All you really have is...now.
— Jay Asher
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I'll have that someday, thought Peter. Someone who'll kiss me good-bye at the door. Or maybe just someone to put a blindfold over my head…
— Orson Scott Card
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You have to accept that sometimes that's how things happen in this world. People's opinions, their feelings, they go one way, then the other. It…
— Kazuo Ishiguro
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He always lived in his head. He never cared about how things were, only how they would be, someday, when he had everything he wanted.…
— Cassandra Clare
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Show, not tell, right? Action, not words. You don’t want to hear how sorry I am or how things will be different this time. You…
— Ann Aguirre
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Sometimes," Jem said, "our lives can change so fast that the change outpaces our minds and hearts. It's those times, I think, when our lives…
— Cassandra Clare
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That's how things were out here in the wild, she was learning. Dangerous or beautiful. Or both.
— Scott Westerfeld
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When you want to know how things really work, study them when they're coming apart.
— William Gibson
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It was the damnedest thing, life. Once you decide exactly how things are going to go, something or someone comes along and messes it all…
— Jennifer Armintrout
Who Wrote These How Things Quotes
268 authors contributed a total of 296 How Things Quotes, led by these top contributors: