Wendy Mass Quotes & Sayings

I stare up at the huge metal ball hanging from the ceiling, with the words THE SUN printed on it. A tiny ball hangs beside it. THE EARTH. How did I miss those before? One snip of a chain and they would crush us. The sign hanging next to them says, MORE THAN ONE MILLION OF OUR EARTHS WOULD FIT INSIDE THE SUN. I feel very small. — Wendy Mass

I'm going to tell you a secret. Our lives are shaped by the future, not by the past. Once you decide how you want your life to be, all you need to do is live into that future. — Wendy Mass

Some choices are forever ... Just because people aren't in our lives anymore, doesn't mean they stop thinking about us and vice versa. — Wendy Mass

They say the eyes are the window to the soul. — Wendy Mass

Sometimes grandmothers need to do what they think is best for their grandson and practically adopted granddaughter by opening their eyes to different experiences. That's the only way you'll learn what you're capable of. — Wendy Mass

We all bring out our own perceptions, needs, and experiences to everything we do. — Wendy Mass

It's not polite to watch someone's first kiss. — Wendy Mass

My arms flew up of thier own accord knoking my bag down. I grabbed hold of the desk to keep myself from falling down. — Wendy Mass

If they make me watch that movie one more time, I will fall down on my knees and beg for mercy — Wendy Mass

When I was your age I knew nothing about the world or my place in it. I figured I'd be someone's wife, then someone's mother. It never occurred to me to be someone myself. — Wendy Mass

The meaning of life is to give life a meaning. — Wendy Mass

Life is short. Eat dessert first
-Wendy Mass, Jeremy Fink And The Meaning Of Life — Wendy Mass

What is it?" Philip said. "I'm creating a work of confectionary art here." "Well, — Wendy Mass

And why is an orange the only fruit that has to share its name with its color? A banana isn't called yellow. It's not fair. If I were an orange, I would complain. — Wendy Mass

Maybe some things aren't meant to be known. maybe there just meant to be accepted. — Wendy Mass

All right, all right,' he [Leo] says. 'I know it's hilarious that Mrs. Kelly thinks I clogged up her toilet, but we have more important things to focus on. — Wendy Mass

No," Ray says. "He's getting paid in magic beans. Of course he's getting real money! — Wendy Mass

After all, they'd be busy for a while, they were Candymakers now, and they had a whole lotta candy to make. — Wendy Mass

505If nothing ever changed,
there'd be no such thing as butterflies. — Wendy Mass

You never know, life is short but it's wide — Wendy Mass

What do you have against penguins?' he asks. 'They're like really big birds in tuxedos. They're always ready for a fancy dance. — Wendy Mass

A fight is going on inside me," said an old man to his son. "It is a terrible fight between two wolves. One wolf is evil. He is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other wolf is good. he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you."
The son thought about it for a minute and then asked, "Which wolf will win?"
The old man replied simply, "The one you feed. — Wendy Mass

Whereever you end up;" Jack whispered into my ear."I wish you clear skies. Always — Wendy Mass

Everything is at its best when it's doing exactly what it was created for. A lamp gives light. An apple gives sustenance and refreshment. A chair is perfect in being exactly what it is
a chair. — Wendy Mass

I've learned that if you wait long enough, you might get a second chance at something you gave up on. And sometimes you'll be the one to give the second chance to someone else. — Wendy Mass

Reach for the stars and even if you miss you will land among the stars — Wendy Mass

orange trail leading down to the kitchen and — Wendy Mass

She can't see it, Joss. We're at the far end of the electromagnetic spectrum here, surrounded by gamma rays. I know school isn't your favorite thing, but honestly, don't you pay attention at all? — Wendy Mass

Fake it till you make it?" "Um, — Wendy Mass

Logan thought for a minute. "Well, if you enjoy life while you have it, then it doesn't matter how long you have it for. No one knows how long they get to live. It's like a deal you make when you're born, you know, to accept what happens to you."
"Is that what you do, just accept what happens?"
Logan shrugged. "I guess so. What else can you do?"
"Well, you can dwell on it and play it over in your head a hundred different ways."
Logan tilted his head. "Does that help?"
Miles sighed. "No. — Wendy Mass

No I am not okay. I've just been pulled out of play tryouts where I had to be the first to audition and everyone's trying out for the same parts, I just had a very bizarre conversation with the school secretary, Megan may be throwing up her cucumber sandwiches, I've broken five of the seven deadly sins in as many hours, a demon may be inside a girl in my world religions class, Grant Brawner called me by name, my license photo looks like a dead fish, I have to drive my friends all over town in two hours when I've never even driven without Dad before, none of my birthday wishes have come true yet, and now you're here with muffins like I'm in second grade? So, no, I am not ok. — Wendy Mass

Everyone thinks I named my cat Mango because of his orange eyes, but that's not the case. I named him Mango because the sounds of his purrs and his wheezes and his meows are all various shades of yellow-orange. — Wendy Mass

I don't even know where to start with the story. Leo says, — Wendy Mass

We are all connected at a deep, chemical level. We are all connected to the universe, and the universe is inside us. — Wendy Mass

My sweat smells like peanut-butter. — Wendy Mass

The Flasher of '04. — Wendy Mass

Everything we think we know is really only perceived by our senses,' he explains patiently. 'The sounds we hear are just waves in the air; colors are electromagnetic radiation; your sense of taste comes from molecules that match a specific area on your tongue. Hey, if our eyes could access the infrared part of the light spectrum, the sky would be green and trees would be red. Some animals see in completely different ways, so who knows what colors look like to them. Nothing is really how we perceive it. — Wendy Mass

She closes her eyes. I can't believe he peed in that potty. — Wendy Mass

FMr. Oswald places the telescope on the desk in front of us. "This," he says proudly, "Is a Broadhurst. It was the most powerful telescope for backyard veiwing in its day."
Which was when?" Lizzy asks.
The nineteen thirties," he replies. "Isn't it a beauty? On a clear night, you could see the whole entire solar system with this one."
Unable to stop myself, I blurt out, "My very energetic mother just served us nine pizzas."
Lizzy gawks at me like I have two heads. "He's lost it; he's finally lost it. I knew this day would come."
Mr. Ozwald chuckles. "Jeremy has just given us a mnemonic device for remembering the order of the planets. — Wendy Mass

Contrary to my previously held belief, hunger does NOT, in fact, sharpen the mind. — Wendy Mass

I open my eyes and stare at the page. I see the black letters. But I also see the pinks and greens and purples and yellows. I can't say I'm surprised. — Wendy Mass

And when he [the author of the universe] had compounded the whole, he divided it up into as many souls as there are stars, and allotted each soul to a star. And mounting them on their stars, as if on chariots, he showed them the nature of the universe and told them the laws of their destiny.
- "Timaeus" by Plato 427-347 B.C. — Wendy Mass

If I could paint, I would do it myself. — Wendy Mass

I cross my arms. 'Seriously? That's the answer you're going with? First quantum physics and now nowhere and everywhere? — Wendy Mass

Nothing nice you ever do for anyone is for no reason. — Wendy Mass

Sometimes people think they are looking for the meaning of life, when really they are looking for an understanding of why they are here. What their purpose is, the purpose of life in general. And that's a much easier question to answer than the meaning of life. — Wendy Mass

The universe resonates to certain musical vibrations. All the stars and planets revolve in harmony with it. — Wendy Mass

Pizza and a movie (Escape to Witch Mountain, my all-time Disney favorite) — Wendy Mass

If this could be repeated every day for a year, I would never budge from where I stood. — Wendy Mass

Admit it, if you suddenly had magical powers, you would have turned that leftover meat loaf into pizza, too. — Wendy Mass

I blend in the backgroud. when I arive for lunch my friends are surprised i'm not already there. — Wendy Mass

I blame my dad for my sweet tooth. His motto was 'Life is short; eat dessert first.' How can I argue with that? — Wendy Mass

Why do you like books so much?" he asked. Miles answered without taking his face away from the window. "You never know what you'll learn when you open one. And if it's a story, you sort of fall into it. Then you live there for a while, instead of, you know, living here. — Wendy Mass

If this is the ride of my life, I want a refund. — Wendy Mass

What is my strength? Do I even have a strength? Maybe I have too many strengths, and that's why I can't think of just one. — Wendy Mass

Just as I suspected, my room does look different, post-eclipse. It looks smalled, like it can't contain me anymore.
After all, I've got a whole new world to see. — Wendy Mass

Whoa!" she says as I plow into her. " What are you DOING? Get off me!" I hang on tight. "Can't a girl just hug her big sister?" She stops fighting me. "Are you dying? Am I dying? Did Grandma die? I laugh. "No one died." "Then get off! — Wendy Mass

The people on the train with me don't know it, but in my head I'm dancing. — Wendy Mass

The trick is that as long as you know who you are and what makes you happy, it doesn't matter how others see you. — Wendy Mass

One planet doesn't matter. — Wendy Mass

Wisdom is found in the least expected places. — Wendy Mass

I wonder what else I could do that I never thought I could. — Wendy Mass

Never turn your back on the seventh son of the Supreme Overlord of the Universe ... unless you want a bucket of water thrown on your head. — Wendy Mass

I had been in the ditch for 2 and a half min. I wondered if my friends missed me. — Wendy Mass

Life gives meaning to life. The answer to the meaning of life is hidden right there inside the question. — Wendy Mass

At the table just to get a laugh out of the younger children present (meaning Annabelle and me). For the record, I do not actually laugh when Elkin passes gas; I gag and it comes out as a laugh. Annabelle, I cannot vouch for. Good — Wendy Mass

I'm sorry for the randomness of what I wrote, Mr. Oswald. There's been a lot to absorb.'
Without looking up, he says, 'Never apologize for writing your truth, Mr. Fink. There are no right or wrong answers. — Wendy Mass

Okey - " "Don't say it." "Dokey. — Wendy Mass

Swimming is about the only physical activity during which I am unlikely to injure anyone. I am also good at chess, which I feel should count as physical activity because you have to reach over and move pieces all the time. Some of the boards are quite large, so one must lean AND reach at the same time, thereby expending even more energy. — Wendy Mass

A wise man once remarked that we can count how many seeds are in the apple, but not how many apples are in the seed. — Wendy Mass

Be honest, but don't hurt anyone's feelings be independent, but not a loner be smart, but not a nerd be sexy, but not a slut be skinny, but don't barf up your burger be funny, but not to hide some other deficiency. — Wendy Mass

The sidelines may be safer but life is played on the field — Wendy Mass

I've learned that everyone can do their part to repair the world — Wendy Mass

I've learned that almost anyone will help if you ask for it. — Wendy Mass

Okeydokey." "I think I liked you better when I didn't understand you. — Wendy Mass

If everyone waited to do something good until they had purely unselfish motivations, no good would ever get done in the world. The point is to do it anyway. — Wendy Mass

Do you have some big secret life I don't know about?' Connor jokes. 'Who would be calling you at midnight?'
'I have no idea,' I reply. 'But I'm pretty sure I only have one secret life. — Wendy Mass

Cat and Dog were ganging up on Ferret last night. — Wendy Mass

My eyes are bright, my hair has come loose from its ribbon, and Stella's scarf is waving around my neck. But that's not what I see when I look at the picture. I see three unlikely friends holding hands. And Ryan, Kenny, and Melanie are standing behind us, rapt.
And in the sky above us, I see a miracle. — Wendy Mass

Sounds painful, but the lady on the bottle is smiling — Wendy Mass

Hi People! ILOVE ELEVEN BIRTHDAYS AND A MANGO SHAPED SPACE — Wendy Mass

Life is short...eat desert first! — Wendy Mass

I take out my book, glad to have a few minutes to study the diagram on time travel and string theory. But before I can build a time machine out of strings, I need to figure out what the heck they are talking about. — Wendy Mass

I believe that once you find something you love, something that works, why keep looking for more? People always think there is something better around the corner. I decided a long time ago I'd stop wasting my time looking for something better and enjoy what I had. — Wendy Mass

I am not plain, or average or - God forbid - vanilla. I am peanut butter rocky road with multicolored sprinkles, hot fudge and a cherry on top. — Wendy Mass

Uh ... aren't you in Hollywood right now? You know, dancing up a storm with uberwitch Madison? I mean, that lovely girl, Madison?
Only if Hollywood is in Willow Falls these days. And judging by the lack of tan skin and fake blond hair, I'm gonna say it's not. — Wendy Mass

Later on, when they had all said "Good-by" and "Thank-you" to Christopher Robin, Pooh and Piglet walked home thoughtfully together in the golden evening, and for a long time they were silent. — Wendy Mass

Sometimes the best things look the strangest. — Wendy Mass

If an object - a star, for instance, like our own sun - is eight hundred light years away from the Earth, it would take light leaving that object eight hundred years until it reached our eyes. So when you look at that object, you are seeing it as it appeared eight hundred light years ago, not as it looks today. It might not even exist anymore. Every time you look up at the stars, you are looking into the past. — Wendy Mass

I've learned that the universe doesn't care what our motives are, only our actions. So we should do things that will bring about good, even if there is an element of selfishness involved. Like the kids at my school might join the Key Club or Future Buisness Leaders of America, because it's a social thing and looks good on their record, not because they really want to volunteer at the nursing home. But the people at the nursing home still benefit from it, so it's better that the kids do it than not do it. And if they never did it, then they wouldn't find out that they actually liked it. — Wendy Mass

Well, I'm not quite certain yet, young Mr. Fitzpatrick. I am considering the name Willow Hills. Or perhaps Maple Falls. What would you suggest? — Wendy Mass

Do you ever think if people heard our conversations they'd lock us up?
All the time. — Wendy Mass

When I was little, I used to run out into the rain and let the water run all over me. Then one day I saw lightning split a tree nearly in half. That pretty much took the joy out of prancing around in thunderstorms. — Wendy Mass

Hey when there's a chance to win a free spoon rest from Creative Pottery Studio, people can't pass that up! — Wendy Mass

Honey can prevent seasonal allergies, heal a cut, soothe a burn, and get rid of your pimples. Miles — Wendy Mass

... I just figured it would be easier to do the math problem with the numbers in the correct colors. — Wendy Mass

So softly Lizzy has to lean over to hear me, I say, 'I can't face the world until I know why I'm here.'
You're kidding me.'
I shake my head vehemently. 'No. I need to figure out my purpose. Until I do, what's the use of getting up? — Wendy Mass

Logan didn't know what he'd been expecting to see- maybe some ground-up powder or specially aged cocoa beans from an exotic island. Instead, he saw their faces, full of anticipation, staring back up at him. — Wendy Mass

I reach under Mongo, and my hand lands on something squishy. I grab hold of it, and pull out an orange bunny Peep from a long ago Easter. Even I wouldn't eat it now. The scary thing is, it still looks perfectly fine. Dusty, but fine. I think Dr. Grady was wrong. At the end of the world will be bacteria, cockroaches, and Peeps. — Wendy Mass

The thing about leaving something behind for the last time is that you rarely realize you're doing it. — Wendy Mass