Top 100 Lisa Schroeder Quotes
#1. I know. You can be fine, and then,
out of nowhere,
a memory blindsides you.
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#3. Right and wrong
Black and white
And many shades
Of gray
I want color in my life
Color in my dreams.
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#4. I'd reply, love doesn't tell time.
Love is simply there
or it isn't.
Everyday,
in every way,
it was there.
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#6. It's hard to be happy in the now when you can't stop worrying about the future. What I want is to trust that everything will work out. To believe with all my heart that I'll end up where I belong.
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#7. Friends will keep us happy.
Our family keeps us warm.
We'll party through the good times
and hold tight through the storms.
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#10. He cups my face
with both hands
leans in,
eyes lingering a
sweet second
before his lips
are there on mine,
teasing,
playing,
tasting,
kissing.
When he pulls away,
I'm breathless.
He nuzzles my ear.
"Now that's thrilling."
You got that right.
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#11. I like
the memories
because they remind me
I haven't always been
this girl,
constantly
mad or scared
or confused.
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#12. I've heard walking down a busy sidewalk in New York is like swimming in a sea of people. I love to swim and I love people, so of course I would love New York! -
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#13. Honey, no matter where you are, I'm with you.
When the breeze brushes your cheek, that's me.
When the stars sparkle and shine, that's me.
When the tulips bloom in the spring, that's me.
The little things.
She's there,
in the little things.
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#15. We don't talk. We just swing. There is comfort in the act of swinging. True, unexpected comfort.
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#16. Some mornings,
it's hard to get
out of bed.
Sleep lures you
like a stranger
with a piece of candy.
Follow me.
It will be okay.
I promise.
You know better,
but still you follow,
because you really do
love candy.
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#18. I think fear is normal, Cade. Just don't let it win.
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#19. Sleep little one
Sleep
Grow strong
And grow wings
The world is waiting for you
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#20. I peel
hiss tense fingers
on his right hand
away from
the steering wheel,
one
two
three
four
five.
With each finger,
the scowl
diappears
a little more. when i place
his hand on
my leg
and gently
caress it, he smiles.
That's better.
Lisa Schroeder
#21. He was a character.
A character who should still be here.
Damn it all to hell.
He should still be here.
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#22. Dare: a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
I dare you.
Three stupid words.
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#23. I hate this. Will the darkness ever fade?
Will I ever see light again?
Is it light where you are?
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#24. I grab
a small container
of glitter.
Because this day,
this wonderful,
beautiful,
glorious day
just wouldn't be complete
without a little,
or a lot, of
g i t r
l t e
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#25. Hidden, there,
behind the face
of a beautiful boy,
I see you.
The real you.
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#27. Maybe it's not about determination
or love
or how hard
you can fight
Maybe it's just bout fate
and what
is meant to be
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#28. We have a lot of questions, and we
want to understand.
Music helps with that .
Music helps with everything.
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#29. Ill lose myself in the pain. It might not make sense. But it works.
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#30. My heart breaks.
Also not the first time.
I long to go after him.
To find him
and hold him
and kiss him
in the loveliest of gardens.
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#31. Joy, not sorrow.
Laughter, not tears.
Life, not death.
Love, not blame.
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#32. And then it hits me like a fast, open-palmed, stinging smack in the face.
Having a ghost boyfriend
WAS
weird
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#33. It brings me
back to the moment,
and I want to live
the moment with everything I've got.
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#34. The beautiful thing is, music can be like a time machine. One song- the lyrics, the melody, the mood- can take you back to a moment in time like nothing else can.
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#35. Life is so freaking hard. How do people do it? How do people get up every day and deal with the shit? It really makes you understand why there are so many messed-up people in the world. I mean, it's tough, trying to deal with demands coming at you from all sides.
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#36. Memories
fall
like
snowflakes
upon
my dreams.
The snowflakes
toss and tumble,
each different
and yet
the same.
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#37. Come with me,' Mom says.
To the library.
Books and summertime
go together.
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#38. Looking at these pictures,
I wonder,
did that part of me
that flourished around him,
like prized perennials
under a tender gardener's care,
die along with him?
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#39. One picture will have to be enough.
Just like
one day
will have to be
enough.
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#42. Those were the days when dreams were sweet and life was sweeter still.
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#43. Your parents may have created you, but they don't define you.
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#44. I know she fought
She fought hard
but she didn't win
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#47. But repaying a debt
means giving up things.
Making sacrifices.
If I sacrifice my heart
for Jackson,
will I be dead
too?
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#48. Cade motions with a nod to follow him. He's holding the pole, and I'm the fish on the line. Just how far will he pull me in?
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#49. Memories might keep him alive but they might kill me.
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#51. Best friends are together through it all. Like soil & roots. One needing the other through chilling winters, scorching summers, through hailstorms & lightning Strikes. They weather it together.
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#52. I get it. Sometimes you want to remember. And sometimes you need to forget.
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#53. I see you.
The real you.
The you who fillips a coin,
hoping to understand
how fate works:
this choice or that choice,
ultimately leaving you
no choice at all.
The you who smiles
and tries to be happy
because that's what
people want
you to be.
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#54. In that moment i realize a circle of love is ten times better than a procession of sorrys.
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#56. It makes no sense. Please, help me. I need it to make sense.
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#57. Life hands us things we don't want. Nasty things. Terrible things. It's how we handle those things that matters. That's all.
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#58. Let the day
reveal itself to me
in its own time,
in its own way.
I am yours, Today.
I am yours
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#59. He lived.
He made it.
A second chance,
given to one
and not the other.
And this?
This is what he did with it?
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#61. I wanted to freeze
in the moment in my mind
forever
because there's nothing better
than flutters of the heart
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#62. Wonderland is here now.
Don't know what we might see.
Yesterday's gone forever.
But my future's up to me.
What a future it will be ... .
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#63. Its like i was a garden salad with a light vinaigrette and Jackson was a platter of seafood Cajun pasta.
Alone we were good.
Together we were fantastic.
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#64. Okay.
I will go.
But only if
you will give me
your guilt
to take
with me.
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#65. WRAP ME UP
I shiver.
He pulls away.
"Are you cold?" he asks.
"A little.
Plus ... you know."
"What?"
"Um ... your kisses?"
He laughs,
pulls me down
onto the blanket
and wraps his arms
and legs around me.
Perfect.
My kind of blanket.
Lisa Schroeder
#66. When you meet someone
so different from yourself,
in a good way,
you don't even have to kiss
to have fireworks go off.
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#67. Running doesn't just make me happy. Running keeps me alive. When I'm running-the blood pumping through my veins, the tunes playing in my ears, the muscles tightening on the inclines- the problems of the world disappear. It's just me, the sidewalk, and God.
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#68. And years from now,
you may not remember exactly what you ate.
But you'll remember who you ate with.
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#69. Three boys. Three deaths. One school. We've made the national news. Is out school cursed? Are we a reckless bunch of fools? The media asks questions no one can answer. Kids can't stop crying.
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#70. People always say
chocolate makes
everything better.
I say friends make everything better.
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#71. The stars are duller than an old pocket knife, they used to sparkle like five-carat diamonds.
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#74. I know it's not the end ... it's only just the beginning.
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#75. See that's exactly why I don't want a dog." "Why?" "Because it'll just die." "Everybody dies, Brooklyn." Like that makes it okay or something.
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#76. When he opens the door, I step in and an army of memories comes at me from all sides.
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#77. He is
better than warm fall colors
better than beautiful music
better than doughnuts and coffee
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#78. Anticipation is the best
alarm there is, and it shook
me awake before
my phone even had the chance.
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#79. I felt heat and
my body trembled
and forces
beyond my control
pulled me to him
as the music ripped
through our bodies
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#80. The past is the past. It's gone, you know? It doesn't matter anymore. All we have is now. Right now.
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#81. If tears could bring him back, there'd be enough to bring him back a hundred times.
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#82. Was it hard?" I ask.
Letting go?"
Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real.
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#83. I journeyed to a place where it's always raining cupcakes. I didn't need a passport, but I met a lot of interesting people and experienced new things. Even though the trip was a little bumpy, I got there just fine.
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#85. I want him to live," he says.
I watch,
helpless,
as the pain slips out.
Tears fall
when he whispers,
"But damn it, I want to live, too.
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#86. Maybe, just maybe, a reader would feel a little less alone in the world.
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#87. I'm in a castle
standing in a tower,
looking down through a window
at the beautiful garden,
the sun setting in the distance.
The beauty in the moment
brings tears to my eyes.
Sky blue pink,
the backdrop for
roses in ever color
blooming in the garden.
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#88. How many days was I like that? Pretending to listen, but not hearing a word? Pretending to care when I hated it all? Pretending to live when I was dying inside?
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#90. If anything,
he sparked
a fire
inside of me,
making me want to live again.
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#91. My reflection tells one story.
My heart, a different one.
The difference is,
hearts don't lie.
Mirrors do.
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#92. Sometimes, love is loud.
sometimes, love is quiet.
Always, love is my mom.
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#93. Who do I get the feeling
this boy is
lost at sea?
Just like me?
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#94. Another long run, hoping to put distance between me and everything else. The farther, the better. Only problem is, the distance is just temporary, because no matter how far I go, I always have to come back.
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#95. There are so many places I want to visit. When I'm a flight attendant, I can visit the Grand Canyon one day and be in Hawaii the next. I can't imagine a more perfect job. - IB We
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#96. If music is
the story
of our lives,
what song
did they
sing
for me?
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#99. Circumstances shape who we are and who we become. I believe that. But I also believe we have choices. There are always choices.
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#100. Food brings people together. All over the world, people gather together and eat. In America, churches have potlucks and neighborhoods have barbecues. I like that about America. - IB My
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