I'm just a butterfly, a mourning cloak, sealed inside a cocoon with blnd eyes and stiky wings. And suddenly I wonder if the cocoons sometimes do not open, if the butterfly inside is ever simply not strong enough to break through. Ally Condie More Quotes by Ally Condie More Quotes From Ally Condie I realize now how much courage it takes to choose the life you want, whatever that might be. Ally Condie want might life In the end you can't always choose what to keep. You can only choose how you let it go. Ally Condie let-it-go ends letting-go Growing apart doesn't change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I'm glad for that. Ally Condie one-line-friendship friendship-memories Every minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs. Ally Condie minutes giving life We can either try to change everything or just make the most of whatever time we have. Ally Condie trying Is falling in love with someone's story the same thing as falling in love with the person himself? Ally Condie falling-in-love persons stories It's been so long since I've let myself feel anger that I don't just feel it. It covers my mouth and I swallow it down, the taste sharp and metal as though I'm gnawing through foilware. Ally Condie anger mouths long It is strange how we hold on to the pieces of the past while we wait for our futures. Ally Condie pieces waiting past Writing, painting, singing -- it cannot stop everything. Cannot halt death in its tracks. But perhaps it can make the pause between death's footsteps sound and look and feel beautiful, can make the space of waiting a place where you can linger without as much fear. For we are all walking each other to our deaths, and the journey there between footsteps makes up our lives. Ally Condie journey writing beautiful You cannot change your journey if you are unwilling to move at all. Ally Condie courage life moving I am trapped in glass and I want to break out and breath deep but I´m too afraid that it will hurt. Ally Condie break-out glasses hurt Why are some things easier to write than say? Ally Condie easier writing Love changes what is probable and makes unlikely things possible Ally Condie unlikely choices Forgetting lets you live without the pain for a moment but remembering hits hard. Ally Condie pain forget remember When we read dystopia, we root for these people to break free because we are these people; hoping and fighting against things that are bigger than ourselves. Ally Condie fighting roots people So much of life is in the smallness of moments...but they are harder to mark. So we need the grander celebrations and occasions. People like to feel significant. Ally Condie life people needs It is one thing to make a choice and it is another thing to never have the chance. Ally Condie one-thing chance choices Some things are created to be together. Ally Condie together Do you think you could let someone go if you thought it was best for them? Ally Condie ifs thinking Isn't it funny how the memories you cherish before a breakup can become your worst enemies afterwards? The thoughts you loved to think about, the memories you wanted to hold up to the light and view from every angle-it suddenly seems a lot safer to lock them in a box, far from the light of day and throw away the key. It's not an act of bitterness. It's an act if self-preservation. It's not always a bad idea to stay behind the window and look out at life instead, is it? Ally Condie breakup break-up memories
