Quotes

“Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.” 
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  This quote by Stephen Chbosky is about how you cant stay the same forever. No matter how hard you try if you don't change everybody and everything else will be. This quote made me realize that change happens to everyone whether they want it to or not. It shows that sometimes you cant choose to change you just do and you might not even notice. Life wont slow down and wait for you because you said "hold on I'm not ready" it goes on day after day.

“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” 
― Albert Einstein
This quote said by Albert Einstein shows that the world was created from change and we cant make it any better if we don't change again too. It shows that good and bad things can come out of change. For example the world has only come so far because we change the way we think but it cant go any further if we don't change again on what we think. Good things that come out of change in my novel All fall down are that Sunny's children Happy, Peace and Bliss all get a new start a chance a good life. Another good thing is that her mother changed how she saw the cult. Some bad things that came out of change in my novel were that Sunny's mother told her to leave she could have gone with her which would have made it much easier for Sunny. Another bad outcome from change is when Sunny tries to poison herself and her children because it was too much change for her at once.

“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again.” 
― Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button screenplay
This quote says that its never too late to change. You can change yourself, who's around you, your situation etc when ever you think fit. You could be ten and realize that your friends aren't very nice or you could be eighty and realize the same thing and both times you can change it. In my novel All fall down Sunny is only nineteen when she has to change but her mother is much older than that when she changed her mind and made Sunny leave with her children so they weren't hurt.

“Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.” 
― Maya Angelou
This quote by Maya Angelou relates to my story extremely well I believe. I think she is saying two different things. The first thing being that change may be on of the hardest things you will ever have to do in your life. It wont happen easy or fast all of the time but you have to push through it. The second thing she is saying is that even though its difficult to move on with your life its even worse to stay where you are and continue living the way you are. Just like in my novel All fall down Sunny must leave and that is very hard for her, she can barley manage it, it would have been much worse if she had stayed in the cult. She would have had to kill herself and her children.