Juliet Marillier Quotes

The world is changing and people don't like change.

Then he asked if I didn’t like things changing. And I said I wouldn’t mind things changing if I became an astronaut, for example, which is one of the biggest changes you can imagine, apart from becoming a girl or dying.

And loss of control is always the source of fear. It is also, however, always the source of change.

Most people are afraid of change, but if you look at it as something you can always count on, then it can be a comfort.

People are afraid of changing; that they're losing something. They don't understand that they are also gaining something.

What if I told you that 10 years from now, your life would be exactly the same? I doubt you would be happy. So, why are you so afraid of change?

There is no growth without change, no change without fear or loss and no loss without pain.

People don't like change. But make the change fast enough and you go from one type of normal to another.

I'm afraid our old world has come to an end, Rilla. We've got to face the fact. (Walter)

When I left my band, I had to start over from scratch, and that's a scary place to go.

Change is very scary.

I think people don't really like change.

Ironically, in a changing world, playing it safe is one of the riskiest things you can do.

Habit will reconcile us to everything but change

If you live in the dark a long time and the sun comes out, you do not cross into it whistling. There's an initial uprush of relief at first, then-for me, anyway- a profound dislocation. My old assumptions about how the world works are buried, yet my new ones aren't yet operational.There's been a death of sorts, but without a few days in hell, no resurrection is possible.

Progress may feel more like loss than gain.

Everyone knows that not all change is good or even necessary. But in a world that is constantly changing, it is to our advantage to learn how to adapt and enjoy something better.

Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change is like death and taxes - it should be postponed as long as possible and no change would be vastly preferable. But in a period of upheaval, such as the one we are living in, change is the norm.

I feel that when we leave here I think it's just another transition and whatever it is I hope I'm prepared for it.

Change is one of the scariest things in the world and yet it is also one of those variables of human existence that no one can avoid.

I guess we resist changing, because we are afraid of change.

All major changes are like death. You can't see to the other side until you are there.

Change can be good but its always tough to let go of the past

Then you must reconcile yourself to the fact that something is always hurt by any change. If you do this, you will not be hurt yourself.

The prospect of change is a many-fanged beast, my dear.