Courtney Peppernell Quotes

You spend your whole life convincing yourself you are a chapter worth following, and then someone comes along and doesn't want to read the ending, and suddenly the whole story falls apart ~ Courtney Peppernell

I know life isn't always about bright colors and fireworks. Sometimes the colors aren't always clear, and our days get so hard they hurt. But settle down with me, hold my hand, let me kiss you. All I want is to know you more.
Better than anyone else has before. ~ Courtney Peppernell

The trees reminded me of unity, all lined up peacefully. I thought about who we all are as people, how we come together in moments we need hope. I thought about how we draw inspiration from each other, how we long to be in love with another. I wondered how many of us have someone else to rely on, what happens when we don't. The nightmares that play over and over again when the days seem like they are running out of hope. And I wanted to stretch my arms out wide, welcome the hopes and dreams of others, nurture them, support them, remind you that things keep moving no matter how strange and difficult the world seems. The trees will continue to line the roads; the sun will shine through the clouds; and despite a very real feeling of doubt, just know that of you, I'll always be proud. ~ Courtney Peppernell

She is tired of the promises that seem empty. Of believing magic may fix her broken heart. ~ Courtney Peppernell

The aches in my arms still surprise me, even years after letting you go. ~ Courtney Peppernell

You're the color
of my cure,
the light I adore.
You're the courage
I find in every day.
I would follow you
through the dark,
to any place,
with you
I want to stay. ~ Courtney Peppernell

there is no such thing as heart-lessness. If someone is cruel and un-kind, it is because they do not know of the kindness from strangers or the light within love. And if they do not know of light, how sad and lonely they must be, to become demons of the noght. ~ Courtney Peppernell

Breathe in, breathe out slowly and count to ten. There is no rulebook on how to cope when these things end. You may not feel it now, but things will get better, even if life doesn't tell you when. ~ Courtney Peppernell

Sometimes heartbreak is as simple as staring at the shelf of chocolate in the grocery store aisle and not knowing which one to choose because you used to always get her favorite. ~ Courtney Peppernell

They didn't warn me that heartache doesn't always have someone to blame. Sometimes it's no one's fault (it's probably all mine). ~ Courtney Peppernell

The world don't always love you for who you are. There are too many bodies here. Too many perceptions of what is and isn't beautiful. So here we are, with most of us uncomfortable in our own skin, wishing to be someone different. Thinking happiness only happens if you fit in. What to do when the world wants you to be prettier, skinnier, curvier, or have lighter or darker skin. You declare your own universe, bright and alive within your veins. You are the king or the queen, the one who makes the rules and ignores everyone who cannot see just how brilliant you are, made from atoms brighter than stars. ~ Courtney Peppernell

They don't teach you that some people will turn on you even after you have loved them with all the atoms in your body ~ Courtney Peppernell

People should fall in love more. Fall in love with the way your coffee swirls as soon as you pour the milk in. Fall in love with the look your dog gives you when you wake up... Fall in love with the person who tells you to have a good day... Fall in love with sweaters in winter and cold lemonade in summer. Fall in love with the moment your head hits the pillow. Fall in love with talking to someone until 4 a.m... Fall in love with the stars when they look at you. Fall in love with the sound of someone breathing... Fall in love with everything possible. ~ Courtney Peppernell

It's 3am and I am lying alone
Because you just hung up the phone
We've spent half the night arguing
Because you're there and I'm here
But what else can we do
I guess this is growing up
When things don't work out
And you fight to hold on
Until you realise that sometimes
The only thing you have
Is to keep moving on ~ Courtney Peppernell

All this time, I've been thinking about happy endings, how destiny is set and maybe this is all it. But then I am reminded that destiny can change; as often as the mountains rumble and sky splits into color, your happy ending could always be right around the corner. ~ Courtney Peppernell

There is beauty in the chaos of living ~ Courtney Peppernell

It's the last day of the year
and I still lose myself in good books
and warm tea,
those quiet nights
and writing your name
on my windshield. ~ Courtney Peppernell

Does art make sense to you? You are so brave an quiet; I think you would understand. ~ Courtney Peppernell

But maybe life is not about being happy every time the sun rises. Maybe it's just about being okay on the mornings that you are sad and knowing that the sun will always rise again tomorrow. ~ Courtney Peppernell

I keep wondering
how sad do I have to be
for someone to stop insisting
everything is going to be fine? ~ Courtney Peppernell

It's difficult to be the best version of yourself all the time. But perhaps life isn't about that. You don't have to always be in a good mood; you don't have to always be sociable or productive. It's about how much you try, even when it feels like life keeps flipping upside down. ~ Courtney Peppernell

she's the type of girl
that has a place in her heart
for all the lonely people to go
with their forgotten footprints
in the snow ~ Courtney Peppernell

The tragedy of what could have been is nearly as crippling as what once was but can never be again ~ Courtney Peppernell

They say transitions happen with big events. Like a wedding, your birthday, or your gradation. But maybe it's really in the smaller moments, like when you look at yourself in the mirror and realize how far you've come or how far you still have to go. ~ Courtney Peppernell

There are little pieces of happiness and they are scattered through your day. So
take a basket with you as you step outside, fill it up with all the little pieces, and
bring it back inside. Take a moment, just by yourself, take out all of the pieces,
and place them on your shelf. ~ Courtney Peppernell

Be kind to yourself, the way you would be to someone you love. ~ Courtney Peppernell

By existing you are planting softness in soil that has turned hard. There is no need to surrender your existence. You are doing just fine by even existing at all. ~ Courtney Peppernell

My mind repeats all the mistakes I've made, like a bad movie reminding me of all the things that cause me so much doubt.
There are things that go wrong in my life, like a roller coaster that twists and bends. People say that this is just how life goes. But too often I am wondering if maybe it's just me. Too often I am thinking about how often my doubt shows. ~ Courtney Peppernell

She will move on, tired of your mistakes and false promises. She will not reply to your " I miss you " text, she will not answer your calls. Because while you were busy in the sheets of someone else, she was healing, finding strenght, realizing that she was better off without you. ~ Courtney Peppernell

We fear losing friends. We fear losing a shoulder to cry on, someone to laugh with, someone who knows our secrets. Someone who has seen us at our best and worst. We fear losing a friend whom we once relied on.
More than that, we fear the reason they left.
What if it was our fault? ~ Courtney Peppernell

It's okay to close some doors; hell, it's even okay to lock them. ~ Courtney Peppernell

If you are in love and the love is returned, be grateful. Because if you take love for granted, it will be overturned. ~ Courtney Peppernell

Sometimes your body aches and you feel like lead and it's easier to pull your covers all the way over your head and pray that you never wake up but it's very important that you do. So if you don't feel beautiful when you open your eyes I hope this reminds you that I think you are. Just try to remember this too In the moments you feel alone and every mountain is too great for all the answers left unknown and convinced it is always too late. There is happiness in this life one day these troubles will fade all your strength is in the skyline no matter how heavy your heart weighs. And some days it seems hope and despair take turns but despite all our sadness the sun always returns. I just wanted you to know that I'll never care. How far you push me away Because when I told you that I would stay, I meant it. And a little damaged But you're not hopeless I know who you are. I love who you are And that's why I'll stay. ~ Courtney Peppernell

I have been a little off balance since the day I met you. This is because I had never known what it is like to be perfectly aligned. ~ Courtney Peppernell

Words look different on pages than in your mind. On pages, they sit quietly, waiting to be read. But inside your head, they're screaming, angry, hurting, bleeding red. ~ Courtney Peppernell

You are the freckle on my nose and I am the freckle on my back. We share the same space but we will never be together. ~ Courtney Peppernell

I know you don't see yourself the way I see you and you still argue when I call you beautiful.
But all the things you can't stand about yourself are all the things I can't go a day without. ~ Courtney Peppernell

i spend half the morning thinking about your phone call, and when we were up all night talking. How I felt the effect of your words on my heart. I lie in bed and I think of you. I know you come with baggage, but so do I. I know you're scared because of how others treated you. But as the sun rises and sets, I'm falling in love with all the things you do. ~ Courtney Peppernell

When you take a lover who uncovers all your flaws, listens to the very essence of who you are, and embraces you rather than judges you, hold onto this love for a lifetime, as you will never find a love quite as pure. ~ Courtney Peppernell

You deserve to be reminded how beautiful you are.
And if you let me, I'll show you every day. ~ Courtney Peppernell

You remind me of home,
of all the simple things in life,
of light and love and the reasons I am not alone.
You remind me of hope,
of the sea and the sky,
every hug and every kiss from your lips to your thighs.
I have flown around the world and met no one like you
because you are all the things I keep coming back to. ~ Courtney Peppernell

... [T]he bravest people aren't the ones that pretend they're fine when they're not. It's the ones that admit they aren't fine but carry on anyway. ~ Courtney Peppernell

You shouldn't lose sleep over somebody any more than they should lose sleep over you. But you do, we all do.

And we call this love. ~ Courtney Peppernell

You have spent all these years building a list of the things you can't stand about yourself. You have been trying to hide the deepest parts of you because you are afraid of someone getting close. But there are only so many seasons you can spend with locks on your door. Because eventually someone will walk in and they will want to know you more and more. ~ Courtney Peppernell

She is scared to love again, because people change their minds. She is scared to love again, because people leave with no answers, and she is sick of thinking it's because of fer. ~ Courtney Peppernell

Sometimes being alone is too much to face. When everyone keeps telling you to be strong but when you close the bedroom door you're barely hanging on. The days and weeks feel so heavy sometimes, the world becomes a cruel place to be. It makes you lose will, lose focus. And sometimes the road is covered in fog and to step inside is scarier than to just give up. ~ Courtney Peppernell

If you were a novel, you'd be an adventure of sadness and happiness and love lost in between. ~ Courtney Peppernell

A lot of women are in a crazy exercise cycle; they're so afraid they'll gain weight if they stop, and it's especially hard when they get pregnant. What they need to realize is that if you're not exercising so much, you don't have to eat so much, and your body adjusts. It sounds so simple, but you really do have to listen to your body. ~ Courtney Thorne-Smith

I don't know anything except being female, so I don't know the opposite of it. ~ Courtney Barnett

Miss Marshall looked up at that moment and made his decision for him. She looked at him and then her whole face lit up. He almost staggered back under the force of her smile. It made him feel ... reckless. A man couldn't disappoint a smile like that. ~ Courtney Milan

I'd have given anything to turn back the last ten years of my life - and that wasn't something someone my age should have to feel. ~ Courtney Allison Moulton

MOMENTS OF great import are often tinged with darkness because perversely we yearn to be let down. ~ Courtney Maum

She cast Oliver a hard glance. "If one of us is arrested, we've all committed to being taken to the station." "Free." He rubbed his eyes. "Anna Marie Higgins - she's the lady over there in the sailor hat - she's been taken to the station thirteen times already. ~ Courtney Milan

It seems to me that if God felt it best to delay marriage into the latter part of your twenties, He would also see fit to delay the hormonal urge to want to have sex. Or perhaps it was never His intent to delay marriage in an effort to "become more independent," "enjoy singlehood," and "build our careers. ~ Vicki Courtney

I stepped in front of my closet to decide what to wear. Unless you are a sixteen, almost seventeen, year old girl, you just can't realize what a difficult task that is. ~ Courtney Rene

Everyone who knows her loves her. Except people hurt the people they love all the time. ~ Courtney Summers

Love is the pain of pleasure," I forced between sniveling sobs, "and pain is the pleasure of love. ~ Courtney Lane

Love in pencil is safer than love in life. ~ Courtney C. Stevens

I have never been kissed the way I want to be kissed and I have never been touched the way I want to be touched. I don't often let myself think of it, but ever since I saw that video, I can't seem to stop. ~ Courtney Summers

It's your last year, Grey," she says. "Make a difference for your school." I'd burn this place to the ground before I ever willingly make a difference for it, but I'm smarter than saying that out loud and she should be smarter than tempting me. ~ Courtney Summers

Service-based leadership is a mindset: you work for your people. It is not complex; often it's the small acts of service that have the greatest impact on morale and camaraderie. ~ Courtney Lynch

I'm sure your prick is as massive as your head is thick. ~ Courtney Milan

If anyone else said that to me, I think I'd roll my eyes, but Culler saying it to me means me committing it to memory and locking it inside so I'll always have it. ~ Courtney Summers

Some people self-soothe in retail outlets; I bask in pink wine. ~ Courtney Maum

It was amazing that you did not become your grief entirely, and walk about leaking it everywhere. ~ J. Courtney Sullivan

Serenity is the guard that soothes your soul and keeps your mind at ease. ~ Courtney Brooks

Forward is forward. ~ Courtney Maum

I think acting and psychology are both looking at what makes human beings tick. I've always found that fascinating. ~ Courtney Gains

Sometimes we find we love things we never thought we wanted. And then we regret that we never wanted them at all. It's the fear of change, I think, and dread of the unknown. ~ Courtney M. Privett

I have a normal life; I don't do anything crazy. ~ Courtney Barnett

I would plunge to the bottom of the ocean for you. I'd comb it for shells and make you a necklace and then hang myself with it. Because if you aren't here, I don't want to be either. ~ Courtney Cole

That's why we're here".
"So you can murder me and steal Marshmallow?"
...
He blinked. "Steal what?"
"Never mind."
You are a very strange girl, ~ Courtney Allison Moulton

Never hit a man with a closed fist," he told her. He could feel her pulse.
"Why? Because it gives you an excuse to manhandle me?"
He let go. "Slap his face instead."
"Ha."
"It will make him take you less seriously, and then he won't be expecting it when you knee him in the groin. ~ Courtney Milan

Internal character: how you behave when no one is watching. ~ Bill Courtney

I don't watch reality TV much, but sometimes I'll be on the E! channel and see that show "Total Divas", about female wrestlers. It's like, fake tits are de rigueur. Nose jobs are de rigueur. Exaggerated asses are de rigueur. Twerking is de rigueur. ~ Courtney Love

Lady Cosgrove gasped louder but recovered quickly. "Mr. Turner," she said, reaching out for Ash's cuff. "Do listen to me. I know that you may believe that Lady Margaret has your best interests at heart, as she is some kind of a relation, if only a distant one. But if you intend to be a duke, you must not let yourself be guided so easily, not by one such as her. Take my warning to heart: she's using you to punish me, because I kept my distance from her these past months. You know that any woman of good sense and decency would have done the same."

No, Margaret had never been like Lady Cosgrove. For one thing, she had never been so stupid. Ash's smile grew darker, and he looked at the woman. "I knew the instant Margaret spoke that she intended to use me as a weapon. What you fail to understand is this: I am her weapon to use."

Margaret's lungs burned. So much for not occasioning gossip. But she couldn't fault him. She couldn't reprimand him. She couldn't even stop her own smile from spilling out, stupidly, over her face, the truth writ large for anyone to see. ~ Courtney Milan

She had once said that she believed the women's liberation movement of the sixties and seventies was actually a ploy by men to get women to do more. ~ J. Courtney Sullivan

She received his note not two minutes later. She opened it, her heart pounding. But there were only two words on the paper. Marry me. ~ Courtney Milan

I don't think we're totally responsible. But you know, all the bands said it, that we did. Even Courtney Love said that. Anyway, Courtney called her band Hole, get it? Slits? Hole? So it's pretty clear we were an influence on all of them, but I'm not really sure how far it goes. I was on a different planet at the time. ~ Ari Up

I've never really had a certain style of music in mind that I make, or am really adamant on how something should sound, but I like the process of not knowing, of just seeing what happens and what comes out. ~ Courtney Barnett

By the 1960s, the electronic computer had become an integral tool of science, technology, and business. Without its capacities for memorizing, calculating, comparing, and displaying astronomical amounts of data, the lunar landing program would have been impossible. ~ Courtney G. Brooks

You can't read when you're traveling with other people; it always feels a bit rude. ~ Courtney Barnett

Sharing a heart with someone isn't a crowded thing when they understand you that well. ~ Courtney C. Stevens

And now we both blushed, because things like changing one's garments should not be discussed among a Queen and one of her subjects. ~ Courtney Brandt

It reminded him of the cacophony of an orchestra as it tuned its instruments: dissonance, suddenly resolving into harmony. It was the rumble, not of thunder, but its low, rolling precursor, trembling on the horizon. ~ Courtney Milan

Lane closed her eyes and pressed her lips together at the sound of the nickname, a thousand memories whirling through her mind. He hadn't meant it to hurt her, but even the smallest nick could reopen old wounds. ~ Courtney Walsh

I've even got one for you, too, Ellie."
"Wow, thank you, Marcus."
"The second one was supposed to be mine," he admitted with a shrug. "But since I don't want to look like a jackass, I'll give it to you. See what a nice guy I am?"
I rolled my eyes at him. "God, Marcus, you're the sweetest guy ever."
He grinned stupidly. "Actually, that's not true. I got it for you to begin with, because you two are attached at the hip and I figured you'd show up together. You're so predictable. ~ Courtney Allison Moulton

She didn't have a single friend on earth to see her off. She had outlived them all. ~ J. Courtney Sullivan

Even the illusion of love was preferable to the utter lack of it. ~ Courtney Milan

You're much too pretty to be bloody. ~ Courtney Cole

Well, you should have a chat with your boyfriend, clarify your desires. Hate to break the news, but, uh, he's cheatin' on you. Tell him I said my dog kisses better than him and he hits like a girl. ~ Courtney Vail

To date, no convincing evidence for AGW (anthropogenic global warming) has been discovered. And recent global climate behavior is not consistent with AGW model predictions. ~ Richard Courtney

After she left, he stood as still as he dared, listening to the sound of the cart recede into the distance. Listening, past all hope of hearing her. He wasn't even conscious of breathing, and yet his lungs ached fiercely. He had been wrong. It would have been easier if it had slain him. But he was still standing. Still cogent. And that meant he was all too aware of how badly it hurt. He clutched her hairpin until the metal cunt into the palm of his hand, unable to let even that much go. ~ Courtney Milan

I believe," he said, "that there is a special place in hell for those who steal truth. And that man - whoever he is - I hope he is burning there. ~ Courtney Milan