by Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory

Question: What are some of your favorite quotes??
Some of mine are:

She changed her hair, painted her nails, and renewed her wardrobe; She changed herself because she wanted to be noticed by the jock that every girl fell for… But while she was doing so, she lost her [ number 1 ] secret admirer. The guy that thought she was perfect when she no make-up, and when she dressed in ripped jeans. The guy that dreamt about being with her, while she dreamt of being with another…

Depend on no one because in life there’s a road you take. And one day, that road splits in two. At the end of each road is success, or failure. This isn’t a “guessing game,” it’s a, “You’re the only one that can choose your destiny.” By depending on no one, you make your own decision on you’re life. So choose wisely because either way, there’s no one to blame around you.

**Flashback;
Turn back in time where you used to sit 4 hours watching the Rugrats. Where you wouldn’t ever leave your house without your nano baby, and when Blues Clues was actually challenging. Rewind back to the times when your favorite shows were Doug, Ren & Stimpy, Pinky and the Brain, AAAAAAAH Real Monsters!, and Rocko’s modern Life. When you watched re-runs of TGIF, Step by Step, Family Matters, Dinosaurs, and Boy Meets World. When you remember reading every series of Goosebumps, or in that case, remember listening to your mom read them as she grew bored and bored and as you grew more excited as to what would happen next. When bringing plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school was pretty much cool, and saying “NOT,” after every sentence was the way to talk. When every argument was settled by rock paper scissors, bubble gum bubble gum in a dish, or daddy had a donkey inky binky bonky. When cops and robbers was a daily activity, and when hide and go seek was put to pause only when it was snack time. The days when we used to actually obey our parents and when the radio was all we depended on for music. When you knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green ranger, were meant to be together. When you always wanted to send in a tape to America’s Funniest Home Videos . . . but never taped anything funny…so you gave up. When the Magic School Bus made you think that school buses could fly, and when yo-yos made you popular. When getting married meant buying your crush a Ring Pop, and blabbing some random words behind the dumpster. When reading that little paper in the fortune cookie meant everything to you because it predicted your life. The days when you could tell furbie all your little secrets and expect him to talk back, and when Beanie Babies were the talk of the class. When you got creeped out by “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” And when you knew the Macarena by heart. When you lied to your parents to bring you to McDonalds because you were starving, when really, you wanted to play in the play place. When gas was $ 0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing, and when checking out drawing books and “Rainbow Fish” from the library was the cool thing to do.
Before we realized all this would eventually disappear we didn’t bother to think of how good things were.
Flashback…to the world we live in now.

**You think you know who your true friends are? wait till high school & see who’s there for you when your ex boyfriend spreads rumors about you. Think you’ll never do drugs? Wait till it’s right there in front of you & all your “friends” are doing it. Think your tough? Wait till you say the wrong thing to the wrong person-see who backs down first. Think you’re smart? Wait till you have an English paper, science project, history test & a 10 minute monologue due tomorrow cause you were absent for 1 day. Think you’re cool? wait till you’re the only one who doesn’t make the sports team, see how cool you are then. you think you’re popular? Wait till your parents can’t afford the new Hollister jeans everyone has. Think you’ll never fall in love? Wait till a guy looks deep in your eyes & says he loves you. Think you’ll never get your heart broken? wait till that same guy who said he loved you is holding another girl behind your back. Think you won’t have sex? Wait till the guy you think you love says it’ll make you closer. Think “nothing’s going to happen to you”? Yea wait till you’re sitting in a jail cell, wondering how you got caught. Think that you’re always going to be your own individual? Well wait till one morning when you look in the mirror & you’re just like everybody else.

I don’t want someone constantly
Saying I’m beautiful or hot or sexy.
I want someone who will fight with me,
Tell me he hates me
And acts like he’s crying just so I will kiss him.
I want someone who will make fun of me,
Do things with him, And his friends,
And not always do everything I say.
I don’t want the “perfect guy” to every other girl.
I want my perfect guy.
The one who is no where near perfect
And knows I’m not either,
But loves me anyways.
Don’t base your decisions
on the advice of people
who don’t have to deal with the results.

I’m so sick of immaturity, of name calling,
of labels, of gossip..of High school.
It doesn’t make sense any more. &
I find myself being nice to people
that I rather kill.

Always be a first-rate version
of yourself instead of second-rate
version of somebody else..

Friends are friends,
& in some cases,
that’s all they`ll ever be.

If you have to try an convince yourself you don’t
care about someone- you care about them more than
you think.

Laugh at stupid jokes. CRY. Get revenge. Apologize. Tell someone how much they really mean to you. Let someone know what they’re missing. Laugh till your stomach hurts…live life, because tomorrow’s not guaranteed to anyone.

SORRY HUN. BUT UNLIKE YOU, I’M NOT
A DOORKNOB WHERE EVERYONE GETS
A TURN. I’M MORE OF A CASINO. WHERE
ONLY THE LUCKY ONES WIN THE JACKPOT.

Don`t be flattered that he misses you. He should miss you. You`re deeply missable. However, he`s still the same person who just broke up with you. Remember, the only reason he can miss you is cause he`s choosing, everyday, not to be with you.

The world is going to throw us a million reasons
why this isn`t gunna work out between us,
but I`m armed with the one reason why it will ; I love you

Love your enemies just in case
your friends turn out to be a bunch of bastards

I believe in love at first sight,
Hope of a new tomorrows,
Second chances,
Living with no regrets,
Long walks on the beach,
& Knowing that everything has a purpose.

When she was 4, she wished she could wear makeup, and ::mini skirts:: Now, she wishes she could play in the mud, and sleep with her teddy bear that used to be her best friend… she used to wish for change, and now her wish finally came true, after that she would do anything, to stop everything from diversifying

Do anything and everything in life… because there’s gonna come a time when you think back when you were just a kid; When you’re biggest fear was that Santa Claus was gonna give you coal for Christmas. That you’d stick your tooth under our pillow, and t he tooth fairy would forget to leave you a 5 dollar bill…And that it wouldn’t cross the Easter Bunny’s mind to leave you a basket of treats. Then you’ll see that you’re only fear you can’t seem to get over is the fear that all those little childhood worries are just gonna be memories… and before you know it, you’d be the one saying, “ Wow, those were the days…”

“Sometimes, you gotta teach yourself how to get up from a hard fall… cuz if you call for someone’s help… they just might push you back down…. ”

Answer:

Answer by Run Baby Run Dont Ever Look Back
“were all survivors until someone or something takes that title away”

“The truth has this funny mysterious way fo alwys finding daylight”

“a heart is a fragile thing that we protect them so vigioursly give them away so rarley and why is means so much when we do, some hearts a more fragile than others like crystal in a world of glass even the way they shatter is beautiful”

” if you could kick the person in the pants responsibel for most of your troubles you wouldnt sit for a month”