Lauren Lola

“I know what you might think; that being alone is a sign of loneliness. But the way I see it, sometimes being alone serves as a period of insight as to who you really are. Think about it.”

“Be like the koru; as you go forward into the forever-changing future, always remain faithful to the point of origin.”

“We all have our own rhythms to walk to.”

“A chair can be more valuable in memories than, say, a precious gem. A gem could have no stories to share; no lives altered or changed in the slightest. It could remain buried beneath the earth for all we know and never have any memory to embody. A chair could transcend time and generations; from the people who sat in it and onlookers. It's all about considering what stories could be told if they had voices of their own.”

“There are a wide variety of freedoms; whether if it's to break away from drug addiction or government suppression. On a general scale, the one element all these types of freedoms share is the need to survive - however that may be.”

“...sometimes when you are lost for direction, you are open to a new way of seeing.”

“It’s all short, sweet and simple, but it’s all a moment’s worth.”

“Lay out your options, dismiss the ones that are of zero appeal, and focus on those that not only excite you, but make sense to you.”

“Go forward in your beliefs and teachings, educate the open-minded and be humble to the ones who aren’t.”

“If chasing a pipe dream means securing our freedom, then so be it.”

“I believe that anytime someone messes with the mind, they mess with the soul. Historically they go hand-in-hand, for a long time ago, the word "mind" was another word for "soul". Contextually, people might not see the relationship between the mind and such events from the past and present, but there is a connection. They all involved tampering of the value of the mind.”

“If you really think about it, humans must look really strange to animals. We have more than one way of communicating, we're ashamed of our bodies as to where it's a law to wear fabrics, we destroy natural civilizations for artificial ones, and despite being of the same species, we always look past that aspect and question, judge, hurt and kill each other over what makes us different.”

“I believe knowledge ought to be gained without a dollar amount added to it.”

“Sometimes, breaking out of a certain mentality is like planning a prison break. You can't just go for it and hope for the best; it requires strategy.”

“To be ordinary is a choice, for everyone has it in them to become extraordinary.”

“No one can ever foresee the future Sonya. You can only judge what's up ahead based on the conditions of the present. Remember that.”

“How cinematic of an entrance that was.”

“Genres are what holds each story together and help it along, but in no way should it ever be treated as a boundary, especially for a reader. If I’ve only read science fiction books, I would probably consider myself mad.”

“America is a great country. We have a lot to be proud of, and a lot to look forward to being proud of. But let's not ever forget to look back into the past, learn from it, and embrace it, for to deny the past is a dark path to go down.”

“Sometimes, when you really want to get to know a person but have boundaries that prevent you from doing so, you learn about them as much as you can.”