Thoughts on a Quote [3].

Thoughts on a Quote is a Thursday segment I have created. This will be for any segments in a book that stick out to me that I want to voice my opinion on.

"The world was made up of people putting one foot in front of the other; and a life might appear ordinary simply becase the person living it had done so for a long time.

Harold could no longer pass a stranger without acknowledging the truth that everyone was the same, and also unique; and that this was the dilemma of being human."

This passage from a new release by Rachel Joyce got me thinking about how much people worry about what others think of them and think that they will be judged for the moves that they make.  Yet, everyone is in the same boat.  Everyone is as important as anyone else and I'm assuming everyone has worrying thoughts about what they've said or done at some point.  It's essentially their life and they can choose how they live it and this is what makes them unique.  This was an intriguing way to look at in in comparison to Harold's journey and 'collisions' with many different people.

I would love to know: what do you think of this quote?

Thoughts on a Quote [2].

Thoughts on a Quote is a Thursday segment I have created.  This will be for any segments in a book that stick out to me that I want to voice my opinion on.

"People don't change who they are. 
They only change what they do with it."

I believe this to an extent.  I believe that you are who you are.  Yet there is still a part of me that believes a person can change.  I think, however, that they will only change when it is suitable for them and when they themselves have chosen to do so.  They will still be who they are, but they will just act differently and this is why I think this quote makes sense.  However, in other cases, depending on life situations, I think it can change a person drastically and they will forever be different.  They just need that one thing that changes their life in order to do so.

I would love to know: what do you think of this quote?

Thoughts on a Quote [1].

For a Thursday segment I have decided to do Thoughts on a Quote.  This will be for any segments in a book that stick out to me that I want to voice my opinion on.  I don't know if this will be weekly, I guess it will just be any time I find a quote that I want to discuss.

"Books are more real when you read them outside."

I never really thought about it until I read this line, but I believe this to be true.  I hadn't read outside in a long time until last summer and the way that you are able to get sucked into a book and conjure up images to go with the descriptions is so much better than when you're indoors.  You have the vast and never ending sky around you, the birds singing and the everyday noises of cars and people.  I love it and can't wait until it gets a bit warmer so I can do it all over again!

I would love to know: what do you think of this quote?