Words are important. The way in which we say them, the ones we carefully select to represent our thoughts and feelings, and the ones we bother knowing at all.

I know what you're thinking- what is this random, bored Union student babbling about? Have the 6 weeks already gone to her head? Has she gone mad from excessive sleep and minimal human contact?

The answer is yes and no. The break has gone to my head, yes. But. I have also gotten some new inspiration out of it. I was home one afternoon after doing all of nothing all day (I know, I'm wild) when I came across a drawer of old notebooks, so I started reading. After getting through my high school dramas, thoughts, concerns, and issues that seem mundane now, I came across a few pages of quotes. I guess these must have been quotes I liked, or found inspirational at the time. They were more carefully written than the storm of thoughts, as if I had meant to return to them one day. I guess everything happens for a reason because here I am talking about them, 2 or possibly 3 years later.

I've always found it super interesting how people use these things we call words. Obviously they are important but sometimes, only occasionally, someone will say something and it'll make some sort of an impact. Sometimes it sticks. That's pretty f*cking cool.

So here are the quotes I found in my notebook- maybe they will hit you in the same way they hit me. Some are funny, some are motivational, some are just words carefully placed together. Maybe they'll take away from your boredom, maybe they'll give you a much needed finals jolt, maybe you'll stare blankly at the screen and then exit the page. Either way, here goes.

1. "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." -Confucius

2. "We do not remember days, we remember moments." -Cesare Pavese

3. "Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please." -Mark Twain

4. "Be obscure clearly." -E. B White

5. "The only source of knowledge is experience." -Albert Einstein

6. "Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done." -Robert A. Heinlein

7. "Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability." -William Osler

8. "I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?" -Ernest Hemingway

9. "You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars." -Gary Allan

10. "Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power." -William James

Did that get you thinking?

Sincerely,

Someone who thinks quotes are cool