“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it” - Lloyd Alexander.
This quote really impacts me because there was a time in my life where books were and still are a huge part of my life. Books taught me how to love, how to respect, how to find the real me under all the armor put up to defend myself from the world. Falling in deep (deeeeeeeeeeeeeeep) love with characters kept me sane when I thought I was going insane. In a book there is knowlege passed on from billions of years ago that is still alive today. Life lessons, consequences, reactions, and events that changed the world forever. Books allow people to experience many lives in one lifetime. Books are amazing. I think I say this too much. Not sorry.
“A man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions” - Oliver Wendell Holmes.
When I read this, the first thought that popped into my head was "This should be posted in every teacher's classroom." The human brain is a wonderful organ that basically is what we call "us". Now I know people argue that we are more than our body parts and such but hey, I'm going to be a scientist so for now I go by the scientific point of view. The fact that when a person learns or has at least one new idea everyday is remarkable because those ideas will eventually build up and expand the way that person thinks forever. Like I said, the human brain is kinda awesome.
“It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime...” - Khaled.
This quote totally sounds like a movie plot. But I think that's why I enjoyed it. If you think about it, it's kinda true. And t fits every movie ever made. The first moive I thought of was "Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights." Why? Because it is my favorite movie ever. I have a soft spot for dancing movies. I literally start twitching on the couch because I want to get up and dance to the movie. What a noob huh. Anyways, for those who havn't seen it, the american girl movies to Cuba because of her father's work. She meets a guy her age who is a fantastic Cuban dancer and asks him to join andancing competition with her. Yada yada yada they fall in love and what not. Point is, a few days in Cuba and her life is magically changed by this guy in the span of a few days. This was the nice lovey dovey upbeat version of the quote. Of course you can also think of "Lone Survivor" which is a more realistic way to think of the meaning of the quote. Oh how I hate army movies. Gives me chills.
“When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me” - Sean O'Casey.
This totally reminded me of "Twilight" (Please don't eat me. I actually liked it for some time >.<) Jacob was the sun for Bella when Edward left. On a personal level, that was what Ben was for me. My life was drab and gray and boring before I met Ben. I did everything I was told, I got good grades, I did what I knew my parents wanted me to do even if they didn't say so, I was the number one good girl who had no fun and didn't really know what making my own decitions was. I was sad. I was bored with my life. I was stuck. And then comes Ben with his huge smile and bad bratt attitude. He made me really laugh for the first time is months. He was my sun.
-Natalie
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