Kevin Henkes Quotes

When things come to the worse, they generally mend.

Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better.

Sometimes, out of really horrible things come really beautiful things.

But the nearer the dawn the darker the night, And by going wrong all things come right. Things have been mended that were worse, and the the worse, the nearer they are to mend.

Sometimes bad things have to happen before good things can.

I have this thing I say to myself that 'tomorrow can be better.' And I remember that period in my life where I never felt like tomorrow could be better. It was always dread for the next day.

I'm just trying to say that it should reassure us that the inevitable traumas of being human do end up producing some good. Otherwise, the human condition is overwhelmingly depressing.

There is a tomorrow after a disaster, and it's sometimes hard to remember that in the midst of it.

With every problem comes a gift in hand.

After a storm comes a calm.

Something good comes out of every crisis.

People who have fabulous childhoods have this sense that nothing is ever going to be that good again. With me, I have the sense that nothing is going to be that bad.

I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn't death.

I think there will be more smiles when the smoke clears.

When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.

If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

The end of bad news is always good news.

I think that we are coming out of this thing in pretty good shape, believe it or not.

Nothing is ever as bad as it seems. Nor does it ever last as long as you think.

Look at my life. I almost died. I almost died several times. My shoulders were down, man. But I kicked out. I kicked out again. Someone upstairs obviously likes me. So maybe I should, too.

I've had many ups and downs before, and I think it's always darkest before dawn.

There's always going to be something positive that can come out of any negative situation.

It is possible to have second chances. When I thought everything was lost, when I reached bottom and things didn't go my way, the universe gave me a second chance.

Yes, terrible things happen, but sometimes those terrible things - they save you.