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The Meaning Behind Quotes

What it means to you might be different than what it means to me.

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The Meaning Behind Quotes
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We can find quotes or phrases every day, no matter where we are in this world. Whether they come from the internet, social media or ones we thought up in our own mind, they all hold meaning. The quote means something to the individual that has discovered it. Each and every one of us has our own interpretation to what a particular quote means. Some people have similar views on different topics and opinions but not everyone does, which is perfectly fine.

We all have opinions that differ from each other and there is nothing wrong with that. Quotes and phrases are a great example of that because a quote could mean one thing to one person but something completely different to another individual. Even the people who came up with and wrote the quotes originally might have had a different meaning to what they wrote than what someone reading it might have. Here are a couple of quotes that have caught my eye and how I've interpreted them.

This quote is one that I found last week from "Sun Gazing" and shared through my Facebook. The meaning that I found behind it was that there are times when there is only one person that you really want to talk to about what is going on in your life; however, they aren't there and you realize how much you actually miss them, even if you don't say it out loud. I know in my life there are times when I only want to talk to one person but sometimes I can't find that person or they do not respond when I try to message them. It can be hard but it all works out in the end.

This quote is one that I absolutely love and can really relate to. Books are so very important to our lives and I wish that more people in our generation felt the same way. For people who do not know who Stephen King is, he is a famous author who continues to write books today. He is the author of the book "It" which is in the process of having a remake movie done about it. He has had some of his stories come to life both on the big and small screen. He can be considered one of the most famous authors of this time.

Stephen King is an amazing author; I have not read a book by him that I didn't like. (My family owns almost every book he has written, so that's saying something.) To me, this quote is talking about the fact that books are a way for us to experience a different world that we didn't know about before and couldn't see or imagine. Books give us a chance to experience the magic that comes with each story that we read. We can take them wherever we go in this vast world around us. Each book that we read has its own story that we can live in while we read it.

These are just two quotes out of the infinite amount of ones that exist in the universe. I've shared what I interpret from these quotes. So what does each quote you read mean to you?

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