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Me? I had no dreams. No longings. Dreams only set you up for disappointment. Plus, you had to have a life to have dreams of a better life.
Julie Anne Peters
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Julie Anne Peters
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 16
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But you'd sell your soul for it, wouldn't you? For one day of feeling beautiful.
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Our eyes met across the crowded room, like in the movies, except we didn't share a knowing smile and race into each other's arms. Instead I fell into the trash can.
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I didn't tell him. And I never told her the whole truth. What would it matter? There was nothing she could do nothing anyone can do or will do.
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How does he do it? Live. With the fear of death every day. I don't fear death as much as I fear the thought of living.
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I just want the pain to end.
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And it’s more. It’s about getting past that question of whats wrong with me, to knowing there’s nothing wrong, that you were born this way. You're a normal person and a beautiful person and you should be proud of who you are. You deserve to live and live with dignity and show people your pride.
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Is that all I am? A friend? Of course not, I say. I love you. Am I the only one? she asks. Yes. Completely. First, last, and always.
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You would never understand, Kim. You think I'm normal you wish I was.
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...When I asked [my dad why the sky was blue] he said it was because God's a boy. If God were a girl, the sky would be pink. 'What about sunrise and sunset?' I'd asked. Dad had looked dumbfounded. 'You kids. You think too much.' It frightened me how shallow the gene pool was that Liam and I were wading in.
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As they were carting him off on a gurney, all I could think was, I wish that was me.
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No one else knows I'm alive, which means they won't notice when I'm gone.
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I'd decided to write him and tell him to leave me alone. Please, in a nice way, go away, I really can't deal with you.
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His eyes are like a telescope. I look into them and I'm transported across the universe to a world I've never been.
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The sad truth is, they should never trust me.
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Cut the ending. Revise the script. The man of her dreams is a girl.
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Miracles don't happen. You make them happen. They're not wishes or dreams or candles on a cake. They're not impossible. Reality is real. It's totally and completely under my control.
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I want to tell them, Chip, Kim, there is no way to suicide-proof a person.
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Yet, when we talked, when we were together, she seemed so familiar. Seemed to know who I was, where I was coming from. She knew me better than I knew myself, I think. She was easy to be with. And I wanted to be with her, like all the time.
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It was all about hate. There should be laws. We're there laws? Can you legislate against hatred?
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This is my vision-what I imagine I'll pass through on my way to the light. The blue sky, the clouds, the rays of light.
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