The Good Stuff

Nothing here has worked out quite as I expected.
Most things don't, but sometimes what happens instead is the good stuff.
 

Muriel Donnelly and Evelyn Greenslade from "Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"

 

 

Go the Distance

You could go the distance, you could run the mile, you could walk straight through hell with a smile. You could be the hero, you could get the gold breaking all the records they thought could never be broke. Do it for your people, do it for your pride. Never gonna know if you never even try.

The Script in "Hall of Fame"

 

 

Truest Stories

Sometimes the maddest stories are the truest ones.

Jafar from Once Upon a Time in Wonderland "Who's Alice"

 

 

No One Can Imagine

Sometimes it's the very people who no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine.

Christopher Morcom from "The Imitation Game"

 

 

Hold Someone in Your Heart

As long as you hold someone in your heart you can never lose them.

Jack Frost from Jack Frost

 

 

Happy Memorial Day 

Make a Stand

You don't just give up. You don't just let things happen. You make a stand. You say no. You have the guts to do what's right when everyone else just runs away.

Rose Tyler from Doctor Who "The Parting of Ways"

 

This quote is for May 24, 2015.

 

World Out There

The world is not in your books and maps. It's out there.

Gandalf from "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"

 

 

Demons Among Men

The love of power is the demon of all men And I'll let you in on a secret. There are demons all around, hiding as men among men, turning them against one another.

Arthur Bernard from Sleepy Hollow "The Sin Eater"

 

 

Bring Out the Light

Now we're breaking away from what holds us down. This could be the day that brings out the light.

Eagle Eye Cherry in “Don’t Give Up”

 

 

Make a Person Kind

Cruelty does not make a person dishonest. The same way bravery does not make a person kind.

Veronica Roth in "Insurgent"

 

 

Ownership of the Universe

You don't need to own the universe, just see it. To have the privilege of seeing the whole of time and space; that's ownership enough.

The Doctor from Doctor Who "The End of Time: Part 2"

 

 

Face Great Odds

We face great odds, but we are armed with our courage, hard work, and, most of all, our faith in one another.

Oz from "Oz the Great and Powerful"

 

 

This quote is for May 18, 2015.

People are a Mystery

People are a mystery. Sometimes even to themselves. And they all have secrets. Only rule I know is that every time you think you have them figured out they change. We all do.

Joshua Nolan from Defiance "The Bride Wore Black"

 

 

 

 

Claim it All

Claim yourself in defiance, in hope, in love, in fury, in gratitude. Claim the light, claim the dark, claim it all, nothing can stay.

Lena Duchannes in "Beautiful Creatures"

 

 

This quote is for May 16, 2015. 

Won't Buy You Happy

All that glitter and all the gold won't buy you happy, when you've been bought and sold.

Rebecca Ferguson in "Glitter and Gold"

 

 

This quote is for May 15, 2015.

 

 

Pain is a Gift

Pain is a gift. Without the capacity for pain, we can't feel the hurt we inflict.

The Doctor from Doctor Who "Death in Heaven"

 

 

Hiding from the Truth

I'd rather the world considered me crazy while I go down fighting than spend the rest of my life hiding from the truth.

Gena Showalter in "Alice in Zombieland"

 

 

This quote is for May 13, 2015.

 

 

Come Through

Humans get a bad rap sometimes. I've found that more often than not, they manage to look out for one another and come through for each other when you least expect it.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee in The Neighbors "Supreme Like Me"

 

 

 

Hear My Voice

I stood for nothing, so I fell for everything. You held me down but I got up. Already brushing off the dust. You hear my voice, you hear that sound, like thunder gonna shake the ground.

Katy Perry in "Roar"

 

 

Cares a Whole Awful Lot

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

Once-ler from "The Lorax"

 

 

Happy Mother's Day

 



Everything has its Time

Pain and loss, they define us as much as happiness or love. Whether it's a world or a relationship, everything has its time and everything ends.

Sarah Jane Smith from Doctor Who "School Reunion"

 

What a Cage is

Whether you're beaten or pampered, fed the best foods or starved, kept in filth or kept clean, a cage is still a cage.

Anne Bishop in "Written in Blood"

 

 

 

 

 

Womb to Tomb

Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb, we are bound to others, past and present. By each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

Somni 451 from "Cloud Atlas"

 

 

Happy in the Future

We can be happy in the future or we can be angry about the past.

Maleficent from Once Upon a Time "Mother"

 

This quote is for May 6, 2015.

 

Find Your Way/ All Kinds of Courage

I guess you'll have to find your way like the rest of us, Sonny. That's what it means to be free.

Del Spooner from "I, Robot"

May 04, 2015

There are all kinds of courage. It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

J.K. Rowling in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”

Screaming Into This World

We came screaming into this world. How can we possibly leave it without a fight?

Sally Malik from Being Human U.S. "It's My Party and I'll Die if I Want To"

 

 

Without the Low

Just let it go, enjoy the ride. Without the low there ain't a high.

Young Rising Son in "High"

 

 

Most Easily Seen

The things one most tries to hide are often the things most easily seen.

Ichabod Crane from Sleepy Hollow "For the Triumph of Evil"