John Darnielle Quotes

I think that any time of great pain is a time of transformation, a fertile time to plant new seeds.

I always believe that the experiences that you go through are what make you stronger and what help you push forward through life.

Grace changes us and change is painful".

All human beings have the ability to transform like a caterpillar emerging from its cocoon and taking to the sky.

Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

It's taken me a long time to become the person I am, for all the ugliness to fall away. The rotten flesh is gone, and the seed is there. I can touch that now.

I hope that I'm always struggling, really. You develop when you're struggling. When you're struggling, you get stronger.

Some of my lowest points were the most exciting opportunities to push through to be a better person.

When things are bad, it's the best time to reinvent yourself.

The struggle I went through has value.

No one is perfect in this world, and we all have our battles, but it's the way we get back on our feet and turn it around that really counts.

I guess I'm in a state of becoming. Even though I've had a full career and I've been around a long time, it's like dinosaurs are coming back. It's all new. I'm having to be on my own and seeing how exciting life can be now.

I think I'm in the best place I've ever been in so many ways. I've just come out of five years of very difficult times for numerous reasons and yet at the same time it's lead to such growth. It's very exciting that way.

As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people.

I believe we are most beautiful when we are constantly shedding our old selves and moving into new light.

As you wrestle with life... You're going to come out on the other end healed... I've fallen short sometimes, and I've risen pretty high a few times.

Maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.

Sometimes you have to fall lower than you've ever been to stand taller than you ever could.

Yes, there are things that I can't change, but the things I can, I'm going to do everything in my power to work very hard through them and come out stronger on the other side.

The constant abrasion and decay of our lives makes the soil of our future growth.

We learn to fight and to grow strong by fighting.

No sun outlasts its sunset, but will rise again and bring the dawn.

How do you plan a rebirth? I'm not sure you do. You just stand in the darkness until you can't endure it any long, and then you move forward until you're standing in the light.

Take a (second or third or fourth) chance. Remake the world.