The Real Deal

The good ones, the real deal, they're not heroes because of what they have that we don't. It's what they do with it.

Agent Coulson from Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Pilot"

Like a Waterfall

Beat down on me, beat down like a waterfall, because I can take on so much more than I had ever dreamed.

Kelly Clarkson in "Invincible"

 

This quote is for July 30, 2015.

On the Shining Pinnacle

It seemed to me the virtual world was even worse than the real one, when it came to humanity. We were a roiling mass of opinion, most of it mean. Here we sat at civilization's technological peak and what we chose to do on that shining pinnacle was hate each other's guts.

Lydia Millet in "Mermaids in Paradise"

 

This quote is for July 29, 2015.

More Important than Fear

Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.

Mia Thermopolis's father from "The Princess Diaries"

 

This quote is for July 28, 2015.

Only Constant in Life

The only constant in life is change. Change doesn't care if you love it or you hate it. Change is indifferent, intractable. And it will not be denied.

Aidan Waite from Being Human (U.S.) "Going Dutch"

Inside Your Head

Of course it's happening inside your head. But why should that mean that it is not real.

Albus Dumbledore from "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II"

Each of Us has Value

Is a blossom more than its roots? Is a harvest more important than a hard day's work? No. Each has value, just as each of us has value.

Arlo from Once Upon a Time "Tiny"

Greatest Enemy is Fear

You must learn to face your greatest fear and control it. Then, and only then, will you realize that your greatest enemy isn't what you fight, but what you fear.

Virginia Boecker in "The Witch Hunter"

 

This quote is for July 24, 2015.

New and Different World

This is a new and different world. The challenge is to cope with it. And not just cope, but thrive.

Evelyn Greenslade from "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"

Fate Can Find You Anywhere

The earth is large... large enough that you think you can hide from anything. If only you found a place far enough away. So you run to the edge of the earth, where all is safe again. And maybe for a moment you believe you have escaped. But have you really gotten away? Can you ever escape? Or is the truth that you do not have the strength or cunning to hide from destiny. But the world is not small. You are. And fate can find you anywhere.

Mohinder Suresh from Heroes "Seven Minutes to Midnight"

 

This quote is for July 22, 2015.

Don't Need a Metal

Turns out I don't need a metal to tell me I'm a good guy, because if that little kid likes me, how bad can I be?

Wreck it Ralph from "Wreck it Ralph"

Who I Am

People are going to tell you who you are your whole life. You just have to punch back and say no this is who I am.

Emma Swan from Once Upon a Time "The Price of Gold"

 

This quote is for July 20, 2015.

This is Home

Now I'm finally where I belong. I've been searching for a place of my own. Now I've found it. This is home.

Switchfoot in "This is Home"

This quote is for July 19, 2015.

Destiny We Choose

Funny I guess destiny is not the path given to us but the path we choose for ourselves.

Megamind from "Megamind"

Believe in This World

I believe in this world and those creatures that fill it. That's always been enough for me. Look around you. Sacred mysteries at every turn.

John Clare in Penny Dreadful "Verbis Diablo"

 

This quote is for July 17, 2015.

Layers of Secrets

People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.

Veronica Roth in "Insurgent"

Bird with Broken Wings

Living in fear, something in us dies. Like a bird with broken wings, it's not how high he flies but the song he sings.

The Strange Familiar in "Courage Is"

 

This quote is for July 15, 2015.

Rather be Than Me

I'm bad and that's good. I will never be good and that's not bad. There's no one I would rather be than me.

Wreck-it-Ralph from "Wreck-it-Ralph"

This quote is for July 14, 2015.

Face Fear

The only way to overcome fear is to face it, to get back on that horse as soon as possible.

Regina Mills from Once Upon a Time "The Stable Boy"

 

This quote is for July 13, 2015. 

At Last Went Paradise

It had taken our ancestors four millions years to figure out fire. It took them five million to develop writing. And then, in a great acceleration... we got electricity, nukes, commercial air travel, trips to the moon. Overnight the white sands of the parrotfish were running out. Here went the poles, melting, and here at last, went paradise. The writing gave us everything all of a sudden, then nothing forever.

 Lydia Millet in "Mermaids in Paradise"

Free Will is a Gift

People realize free will is a gift they will never know how to use until they fight for it.

Harry Mitchell from "The Adjustment Bureau"

 

This quote is for July 11, 2015.

Province of Man

For all his bluster, it is the sad province of Man that he cannot choose his triumph. He can only choose how he will stand when the call of destiny comes. Hoping that he'll have the courage to answer.

Mohinder Suresh in Heroes "Don't Look Back"

 

This quote is for July 10, 2015.

Life Planned Out

Sometimes life does seem all planned out like there's no choice in the matter. But that's an illusion.

Darren Shan from "Cirque du Freak"

See the Value

Sometimes you have to look hard at something to see it's value.

Soo Lin Yao from Sherlock "The Blind Banker"

I am Invincible

I was hiding from the world, I was so afraid, I felt so unsure. Now I am invincible. No, I ain't a scared little girl no more. Now I am a warrior, a shooting star.

Kelly Clarkson in "Invincible"

What the Fools Say

When you wake up in the morning, you got to make some decisions. You got to ask yourself this question: am I going to believe all those bad things those fools say about me today?

Constantine Jefferson from "The Help"

We Exist

Whether by divine creation or cosmic accident, we made it here. We exist. And that's a gift, rare and beautiful.

Molly Woods from Extant "Ascension"

This quote is for July 05, 2015.

What Freedom is

Freedom, the fatuous jingle of our civilization. But only those deprived of it have the barest inkling of what it really is.

Timothy Cavendish from "Cloud Atlas"

 

By no means am I calling freedom fatuous, rather the opposite. By putting this quote up, I want our appreciation of freedom to grow. As we celebrate our independence today, I want us all to take a moment to appreciate the sacrifices that have been made, and are continuing to be made, in order for us to have our freedom. If we were to lose the people and events that have led up to, and continue to provide us, our freedom, we would truly come to understand how previous our freedom is. I just hope the day will never come when we could be deprived of our freedom, because it is too wonderful to lose.

Happy Fourth of July!

How Stories are Made

There was a spark of an idea one day, which ignited into a fire of imagination. Each lick of flame burned a line of text, spreading from chapter to chapter. From this blaze came smoke and from that smoke came silhouettes, marching across the pages, each with a voice to be heard. And soon they were characters in their own right. They picked up the lines that had been laid across the page and carried them on their shoulders and became the story.

Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer in "Off the Page"

Ideas are Bulletproof

Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea and ideas are bulletproof.

V from "V for Vendetta"

 

This quote is for July 02, 2015. 

Great Decisions Create Ripples

Every great decision creates ripples, like a huge boulder dropped in a lake. The ripples merge and rebound off the banks in unforeseeable ways. The heavier the decision the larger the waves the more uncertain the consequences.

The Doctor from Doctor Who "The Remembrance of the Daleks"

 

This quote is for July 01, 2015.