Esther Earl Quotes & Sayings

When loved ones die, people always say, "Don't be sad. I'm sure they would have wanted you to be happy." I'm sure that's true. But let's be realistic here, people also want to be missed. It is every person's nightmare to leave the world behind as if they had never been there at all. — Esther Earl

Isn't it sad that so often it takes facing death to appreciate life and each other fully? — Esther Earl

I do hope that when the day comes, whether in 1, 10, or 100 years, I don't want you to think of me and feel sad. — Esther Earl

Normal?! What the heck is normal? Healthy is, I guess, my definition of it. Apparently. — Esther Earl

To Feel
The weight of death, the weight of fear,
the burden of stress, pain is here.
Never to know, never to guess.
Never to know, how much the mess
Do not show care,
do not feel joy,
do not have love,
life's not a toy
and yet we feel,
we have,
we show,
who knows ...
I do not know.
I do not know.
(2007) September 9 — Esther Earl

A life is not meant to be half lived. It is meant to be fully, wholly embraced. If you want to make a change in the world you have to be strong. You have to take chances. You have to persevere. Sometimes you must blindly go in a direction that you may be unsure of, but one that you have faith will lead you to the right place. — Esther Earl

I want to make a difference, to help someone. And I don't know how. — Esther Earl

She was a champion of the lonely, a welcomer of strangers, an inviter. — Esther Earl

If one person sits down at their computer one day and types one word, dose that affect the future? If that one person didn't type that one word, would the future's history be changed? Dose their one word even mean anything? Dose my one (times a lot) word mean anything? Dose that one person's one word even get read-once? If I wasn't sitting here writing my words, would my future be different? — Esther Earl

Love and hope are conjoined, if you separate one, you kill the other. If hope survives then love endures. Where even a sliver of love exists, the thinnest of hopes has room to grow. — Esther Earl

I'm not sure if it was entirely sadness that caused the tears, but there was so much love. And that's all that mattered. Despite the fear, despite the sadness, despite the pain, there was love. — Esther Earl

Just be happy, and if you can't be happy, do things that make you happy. Or do nothing with the people that make you happy. — Esther Earl

Every time I look at it, It looks back at me I love the sea, its waters are blue And the sky is too And the sea is very dear to me If when I grow up and the sea is still there Then I'll open my eyes and smell the fresh air Because the sea is very dear to me The sea is very calm and that's why I like it there The sand is brand new and the wind blows in my hair And the sea is very dear to me. — Esther Earl

I'm worried about my friend not being imagined complexly enough. — Esther Earl

God is the reason I'm surviving, but he's sure used you in my life wonderfully. I love you. — Esther Earl

Saying you love someone is a good thing. — Esther Earl

Bible's Song of Solomon, "Love is strong as death." Or perhaps even stronger. — Esther Earl

And I remember telling God that whatever happens, happens. I remember telling myself He's in control. — Esther Earl

I dislike the phrase 'Internet friends,' because it implies that people you know online aren't really your friends, that somehow the friendship is less real or meaningful to you because it happens through Skype or text messages. The measure of a friendship is not its physicality but its significance.
(John Green-Introduction) — Esther Earl

I like music, indie stuff, but I don't like liking music that other people like. — Esther Earl

We live in a world defined by its boundaries: You cannot travel faster than the speed of light. You must and will die. You cannot escape these boundaries. But the miracle and hope of human consciousness is that we can still conceive of boundlessness. — Esther Earl

The measure of a friendship is not its physicality but its significance. Good friendships, online or off, urge us toward empathy; they give us comfort and also pull us out of the prisons of our selves. — Esther Earl

If you haven't done something amazing, don't forget to try. the worst that can happen is you fail, and then you can just try again until you succeed. those words don't work on me now, but just try to remember them — Esther Earl

And I realize now that that was ... that's the best way to love someone. Hold them close, know that you're loved, let it wash over you — Esther Earl

I feel very lucky to know you - and as far as I have seen, to know you is literally to love you. — Esther Earl

Love, intensity, value, passion, rejection, hope, care, failure, joy. What life throws at us never makes sense. Thinks we're at life's dispense. How long we should try to change ourselves. The weight of death, the weight of fear. The burden of stress, the pain is here. Never to know, never to guess, never to know, how much mess. Do not show care, do not have love, do not feel joy, or you may change. — Esther Earl

What's the point of opening yourself up to your friends if they don't notice you in your vulnerable state? The point of it all is to love friends completely and utterly, at their best and worst, and to love more than just the good things. It's about showing that you're willing to accept them for whatever they are, that they should not feel insecure or self-conscious in your presence, which can be a hard task to achieve. — Esther Earl

I know I always carry her with me, and to have a piece of her grace shine through me is a gift I will continually strive to earn. — Esther Earl

I forget, because it's hard to realize that the same person who gives you so much love, and to whom you give so much in return, can go through the kinds of pain and suffering that nothing you do can alleviate. — Esther Earl

One day I realized, without God, nothing matters. So, I asked Him into my heart. — Esther Earl