Madeline Osigian > Madeline's Quotes

“The truth is, it’s hard to get people to like you, but it’s even harder to keep people liking you.”
― Mindy Kaling, Why Not Me?

“I am notorious for making impassioned speeches about things nobody cares about.”
― Mindy Kaling, Why Not Me?

“Future hipsters will love me ironically.”
― Mindy Kaling, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

“In high school, I had fun in my academic clubs, watching movies with my girlfriends, learning Latin, having long, protracted, unrequited crushes on older guys who didn’t know me, and yes, hanging out with my family. I liked hanging out with my family! Later, when you’re grown up, you realize you never get to hang out with your family. You pretty much have only eighteen years to spend with them full time, and that’s it.”
― Mindy Kaling, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

“People don’t say “Give me your honest opinion” because they want an honest opinion. They say it because it’s rude to say “Please tell me I’m amazing.”
― Mindy Kaling, Why Not Me?

“I never knew you could have someone in your life who was pretty much on the same page about essentially everything.”
― Mindy Kaling, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

“You know when you meet someone so smart and cool that all their tastes and opinions seem like the correct ones? And you instantly think: those are my opinions now too!”
― Mindy Kaling, Why Not Me?

“What’s so wrong with effort, anyway? It means you care.”
― Mindy Kaling, Why Not Me?

“Married people, it’s up to you. It’s entirely on your shoulders to keep this sinking institution afloat. It’s a stately old ship, and a lot of people, like me, want to get on board. Please be psyched, and convey that psychedness to us. And always remember: so many, many people are envious of what you have. You’re the star at the end of the Shakespearean play, wearing the wreath of flowers in your hair. The rest of us are just the little side characters.”
― Mindy Kaling, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

“It’s traumatizing to think that a best friend could become just a friend. That’s because there is virtually no difference between an acquaintance and a friend. But the gulf between a friend and a best friend is enormous and profound.”
― Mindy Kaling

“It's weird when you feel your dream slipping away from you. Especially when you have no other dreams.”
― Mindy Kaling, Why Not Me?

“Because confidence is like respect; you have to earn it. (P.220)”
― Mindy Kaling, Why Not Me?

“I pray to the God within me that He will give me the strength to ask Him the right questions.”
― Elie Wiesel, Night

“He didn’t know what he was going to — but it had to be better than what he was leaving behind.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.”
― J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“Books! And cleverness! There are more important things-friendship and bravery and-oh Harry-be careful!”
― J.K. Rowling

“Ron and Hermione were a very good audience; they gasped in all the right places.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“It is likely I will die next to a pile of things I was meaning to read.”
― Lemony Snicket

“When in doubt, go to the library.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

“Bed rest and a large steaming mug of hot chocolate. I always find that cheers me up.”
― J.K. Rowling

“I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.”
― Henry David Thoreau

“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
― L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

“It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
― Albert Camus

“Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
― Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice

“Angry people are not always wise.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice