Liz Reads

The only guarantee is that it can't ever happen if you don't try. So if you're looking for something that's 100 percent...there it is.

Most changes in perception are gradual: we grow to hate or love an idea, a person, or a place over a period of time...Sometimes, rarely, the way we see something is subject to alchemy.

I might never see anything quite like this again, and that immersing myself in the current situation, experiencing it, and learning everything there was to know might be the way to live life, now and always.

Not foolhardy, not in love with risk and danger, not making ridiculous exhibitions of myself to prove that I wasn't terrified - really genuinely brave. Brave enough to be quiet when quiet was called for, brave enough to observe before flinging myself into something, brave enough to not abandon my true self when someone else wanted to seduce or force me in a direction I didn't want to go, brave enough to stand my ground quietly.

In my travels I had encountered all kinds of people whose dignity seemed to have a price - widely variable - and I thought that next time I had better set my price higher than anyone would pay.

Let us pick up our books and our pens. They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.

Don't be afraid - if you are afraid, you can't move forward.

It does not matter what language you choose, the important thing is the words you use to express yourself.

I think everyone makes a mistake at least once in their life. The important thing is what you learn from it.

Maybe I'd take off my shoes and hit him, but then I'd think if I did that there would be no difference between me and a terrorist.

No popularity exists when tragedy strikes. All that's left are human hearts and love and ache. We all love each other, deep down, and when we see another soul in pain we can't help but hurt too.

Maybe real popularity comes from when you take time to listen to someone else when you actually care about them.

Numbers. An equation that draws all the elements together, into one simple, unified system. All the irrelevant chaos falls away. The universe resolves itself into order. That is how you recognize a good equation. There is an imperceptible elegance. Perfection. Beauty.

If you challenge the conventional wisdom, you will find ways to do things much better than they are currently done.

When the numbers acquire the significance of language, they acquire the power to do all of the things which language can do: to become fiction and drama and poetry

I believe in the kindness of others, and that I must love them without fear.

I can't forget the things people have done to me, but I can look at them through different eyes, even though I have suffered.