“That’s the thing, though. You always think you want to be noticed. Until you are.”

“It was funny, though, the things you didn't learn about people until after they died.”

Cynthia Leitich Smith (1967) American writer and poet

“People will always try to scare you into things. Scare you away from things. Scare you into not wanting things you can't help wanting. You can't be afraid.”

Megan Abbott book Dare Me

“You do not notice changes in what is always before you.”

Colette (1873–1954) 1873-1954 French novelist: wrote Gigi

“I always tell young swimmers: 'Practice things until you can't get them wrong. Not until you get them right.”

Lewis Pugh (1969) Environmental campaigner, maritime lawyer and endurance swimmer

“It is by not always thinking of yourself, if you can manage it, that you might somehow be happy. Until you can make room in your life for someone as important to you as yourself, you will always be searching and lost….”

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer

“If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

“If you want to. That’s the important thing. For you to do what you want to do. Not what you think anyone else wants or expects you to do.”

Vonda N. McIntyre book Dreamsnake

“If you don't want to be noticed, you don't use a Star Destroyer.”

Timothy Zahn Heir to the Empire

“You can break a thing, but you cannot always guide it afterward into the shape you want.”

Holly Black (1971) American children's fiction writer