Rumer Godden Quotes

You have to die a few times before you can really live.

Who you become while you're waiting is as important as what you're waiting for.

I've had so many life expriences and those experiences create you little by little. You're never going to be the same person you were yesterday, right? I've definitely gone through some traumatic things that really changed my way of seeing.

I guess that one of the most important things I've learned is that nothing is ever completely bad. Even cancer. It has made me a better person. It has given me courage and a sense of purpose I never had before. But you don't have to do like I did...wait until you lose a leg or get some awful disease, before you take the time to find out what kind of stuff you're really made of. You can start now. Anybody can.

You are never too old to reinvent yourself.

When things fall apart in your life, you feel as if your whole world is crumbling. But actually it’s your fixed identity that’s crumbling. And as Chögyam Trungpa used to tell us, that’s cause for celebration.

I think life goes through a cycle of losing and refinding yourself all the time. Everyone has disappointments all the time, some of them pretty small, some of them pretty big.

In times of adversity and change, we really discover who we are and what we're made of.

There's a type of freedom that occurs when everything that you've believed in and worked for is shattered, because then you have the opportunity to rebuild and to put yourself back together in a new way.

If you wish to live, you must first attend your own funeral.

Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.

Certain stories we carry with us, events in our life, they define who we are. It's not a matter of getting over anything; we have to make the best of it.

So now it is time to disassemble the parts of the jigsaw puzzle or to piece another one together, for I find that, having come to the end of my story, my life is just beginning.

I've had two children. I've had three boyfriends. I've had a lot of things happen that can change your opinions and values and philosophies.

In the beginning Remo is a very New York street cop who changes and is changed as he moves along.

I had to find the courage to turn my life around.

At 23, you can completely, literally reinvent yourself if you want to.

When I reflect on the losses I've experienced, I've come to believe that those experiences were transformative, that they shaped who I am.

I've discovered myself a little more, personality-wise just being put through certain situations, whether being in the spotlight, heartbreak, friends coming and going, family.

If you ask me, everything... every event that takes place changes your life.

When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.

I've just always had a boyfriend my whole life, and I've - now I'm really focusing on myself and I think that's more important right now.

No one rises above who he or she has been without first having fallen down. The best time - in fact, the only time - to make a real change in your life is in the moment of seeing the need for it. He who hesitates always gets lost in the hundred reasons why tomorrow is a better day to get started.

Life takes hold of us with strong hands and makes us greater than we thought.

What matters most is how you respond to your heartbreaks and your disappointments and your fears. What matters most is who you become in response to them.