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When You Trap a Tiger QUOTES

When You Trap a Tiger QUOTES

1 " Everybody have good and bad in them. But sometimes they so focused on sad, scary stories in life that they forget the good. When that happen, you don't tell them they are bad. That only make it worse. You remind them of the good. "

― Tae Keller , When You Trap a Tiger

2 " Does it get easier? Does the sadness go away? The sadness fades, yeah. Eventually. But the missing ... I don't know if that ever does. "

― Tae Keller , When You Trap a Tiger

3 " I am a girl who sees invisible things, but I am not invisible. "

― Tae Keller , When You Trap a Tiger

4 " Story magic is powerful, powerful enough to change someone. And when a story is locked away, its magic only grows. Sometimes it grows sour. The magic becomes a kind of poison. "

― Tae Keller , When You Trap a Tiger

5 " Sometimes, no matter how much you want people to stay, you have to let them go. "

― Tae Keller , When You Trap a Tiger

6 " He’s quiet, because I think he knows: Sometimes, with the hard things, you don’t want to talk about it. You just want someone to know it’s happening. "

― Tae Keller , When You Trap a Tiger

7 " But I believe in me. When you believe, that is you being brave. Sometime, believing is the bravest thing of all" -Halmoni "

― Tae Keller , When You Trap a Tiger

8 " If you are strong, you can hold more than one truth in your heart" -the tiger "

― Tae Keller , When You Trap a Tiger

9 " I accept it, and warmth spreads up my fingertips and through my body. A small part of me perks up, smiles. And I'm not sure the smiles reaches my face, but maybe this is how healing starts - small bits of happiness waking up inside you, until maybe one day it spreads through your whole self" -Lily "

― Tae Keller , When You Trap a Tiger

10 " A cure is not about what we want. It's about what we need. The same is true for stories. "

― Tae Keller , When You Trap a Tiger

11 " Even if things aren't perfect, they can still be good. "

― Tae Keller , When You Trap a Tiger

12 " And maybe it would be nice to have some help—from someone who isn’t all that bothered by the why of things. "

― Tae Keller , When You Trap a Tiger

13 " Side effects. Consequences. Why does hope always come at a price? "

― Tae Keller , When You Trap a Tiger

14 " As you get older, you collect more information and you see things from different perspectives. So, naturally, sometimes the stories you tell yourself…can change. "

― Tae Keller , When You Trap a Tiger

15 " You don’t have to say sorry. Everyone says sorry, but that doesn’t help, because it’s not their fault and they can’t fix it. "

― Tae Keller , When You Trap a Tiger

16 " Sometimes, with the hard things, you don’t want to talk about it. You just want someone to know it’s happening. "

― Tae Keller , When You Trap a Tiger

17 " All my life, I spend so much time, so much energy, hiding my heart. I am scare of tigers. But more, I am scare of the tiger in me,” she says. “I thought I have to hide my words, because my English not so good. I thought I have to hide my heart, because I feel too much. And I thought I have to hide my story, because I think if I tell it, it is who I am forever.” She takes a shallow breath. “But when I keep it tight-tight, it eat me up. I don’t see the love, all around me. "

― Tae Keller , When You Trap a Tiger

18 " It's hard to breathe. I know now: The moment when everything really falls apart--it's not during the big explosion. It's in the quiet after. And the feeling is not a shattering. Not quite "

― Tae Keller , When You Trap a Tiger

19 " Even if things aren’t perfect, they can still be good. "

― Tae Keller , When You Trap a Tiger

20 " Maybe it's scary to tell stories and share their truths—but I'd rather face them than run. "

― Tae Keller , When You Trap a Tiger