"I am not going to sit on my ass as the events that affect me unfold to determine the course of my life. I'm going to take a stand. I'm going to defend it. Right or wrong, I'm going to defend it." - ferris buellers day off
"To every girl who gossiped about me in corners of parties; to those who were my slap in the face; to the closed-minded or misunderstanding; to those who broke my heart: you all challenged me to become the person I wanted to be. I am stronger because of the trials you put me through and no matter what you have done to me, you have unknowingly done so much more for me."
"Don't wanna wait around for things to come to me. 'Cause when my hands are tied, they struggle to be free." - shakira
"Don't get too smart. I barely know what you're saying already." - Party of Five
"I'm bitter but young. Negative but hopeful. Sad but I laugh."
"i envy your ignorance; i hear that it's bliss." - ani difranco, 'adam and eve'
"A couple of years ago, if someone told me we'd be having this conversation, Id've referred them to the nearest asylum. But this is it, I guess -- this is my life. And nothing seems to be happening the way I thought it would." - dawson's creek
"I know things change, I know people move on. I'm not stupid. But, well, I really like my life right now. I wanna hang on to it." - Jack and Jill
"I'm having one of those moments when everything is so perfect and you get kinda sad because you know nothing in your life will ever be better than this moment."
"I learned some things about myself. I guess it came the hard way. Now I know what counts." - Bouncing Souls
"it's ridiculous how quick people are to shoot down your aspirations in life just because they feel low about who they are. those people don't receive my sympathy." - JoAnne Golden
"My head's a spider web of daydreams--whistles while it weaves too many fantasies." - ultimate fakebook, "red elbows"
"I can't decide who I wanna be. I'd wish to rule over my castle wear the crown and be the Indecision King." - ultimate fakebook, "red elbows"
"The lessons I know best seems it's the one that's easy to forget." - ultimate fakebook, "combat fatigue"
"I can't function. I'm so dense, My mouth's stopped making sense." - ultimate fakebook, "when i'm with you, i'm ok"
"I may be a basket case but at least I've got friends." - ultimate fakebook, "when i'm with you, i'm ok"
"I'm not sure I'll ever see the day I'm not confused." - ultimate fakebook, "circus horrors"
"You are such an inspiration for the ways I will never ever choose to be."- A Perfect Circle
We didn't really accomplish anything that night. Nothing of any real importance, anyway. But through the high school years that lay ahead, there would be a thousand other nights, just like that one ... Stupid, ridiculous, and glorious."
"In a world that I seldom understand, there are winds of destiny that blow when we least expect them. Sometimes they gust with the fury of a hurricane, sometimes they barely fan one's cheek." - Nicholas Sparks, 'Message in a Bottle'
"How many times undone can one person be? As they're careening through the facade of their favorite fantasy. You just close your eyes slowly, like you're waiting for a kiss and hope some lowly little power will pull you out of this. But none comes at first and little comes at all and when inspiration finally hits you, it barely breaks your fall." - Ani Difranco 'So What'
"I guess that's what we are all doing all the time. Just picking up the pieces the best we can." - felicity
"A little bruised.. A little humbled… and hopefully a little smarter." - little black book
"My life won't ever be the same." - amanda marshall, "brand new beau"
"We're not twenty-one, but the sooner we are, the sooner the fun will begin. so get out your fake eyelashes and fake i.d's, and real disasters ensue. it's cool to take these chances. It's cool to fake romances and grow up fast." - dashboard confessional, "the swiss army romance"
"I'm not asking for everything, but sure, I could use a hand." - dashboard confessional, "anyone, anyone"
"never for one single second thought that I would find myself at the beginning but at the end." - story of the year, "so far so good"
"All I did was what I had to. Don't believe me when I tell you it's just what anyone would do. Take the time to talk about it; think a lot and live without it. Don't believe me when I tell you it's something unforgivable." - taking back sunday, "there's no 'i' in team"
"Cause I'm a wishful thinker with the worst intentions." - taking back sunday, "you're so last summer"
"I'm comfortably confused." - taking back sunday, "set phases to the sun"
"If chasing our dreams is just a distraction I want to remember but I know that I can't go back." - taking back sunday, "new american classic"
"I'll send an SOS to the world. I hope that someone gets my message in a bottle." - taking back sunday, "message in a bottle"
"Well if there's one thing that I've learned, my enemies are just as close to me." - the ataris, "losing streak"
"I'm growing up again...I'm learning to accept that all good things must come to an end. I'm growing up again...I'm trying to understand what it's like to let go of a friend." - the ataris, "in spite of the world"
"that'll be me someday with stolen wings and evil ways." - alkaline trio, "southern rock"
"i lost all train of thought as i entered the room." - alkaline trio, "clavicle"
"I'm glad I have people I call friends." - alkaline trio, "bloodied up"
"In another time, in another place all things might have been in place. But for now I'm finding myself right here standing on a rooftop screaming. 'Hey world are you listening... listening to me?' I'm here and I'm hurting to begin again." - alkaline trio, "rooftops"
"I'm older but I don't feel any smarter" - alkaline trio, "my standard break from life"
"maybe this is just what i need maybe i'm wrong." - Juliana theory, "this is not a love song"
"i go through stages when i feel this matters." - Juliana theory, "music box superhero"
"I'm looking for time to find myself with all of this madness in my life." - Juliana theory, "repeating, repeating"
"if i were anyone else, i'd be getting seriously worried about me." - a promising man (and about time, too) by elizabeth young
"You think i'm just a kid but you don't fucking get it." - the ataris, "song 13"
"i can be as loathsomely hypocritical as the best of them." - a promising man (and about time, too) by elizabeth young
"my plan is to carefully scrutinize my past in the name of not being condemned to repeat it." - it's my f---ing birthday by merrill markoe
"i have to trust my instincts. when i have started to lecture myself in order to bypass them is when i know i need to worry." - it's my f---ing birthday by merrill markoe
"i've found that sometimes the illusion of progress is almost as good as progress itself." - it's my f---ing birthday by merrill markoe
"maybe i needed to take more risks. maybe a checkered, goofy love life full of tragedy and strife, full of hideous lows and delusional highs, was better than a long blank period jam-packed with nothing. maybe this was the message the universe was trying to give me. it was instructing me to stop worrying about trying to get things right and just do something, anything. be vulnerable. don't think so much. live." - it's my f---ing birthday by merrill markoe
