Taylor Carlson, Voice Actress

Hey guys, so I hit a bit of a rough patch this afternoon, but a really dear friend helped me out of it and inspired me to start a new project for myself. I’ve decided to create a tumblr account where every day I will list the things that make me happy and remind me why this world of ours is so great. I list things once a day and post things throughout the day that make me happy. That way, whenever I hit a rough patch, I can look at that Tumblr account and be reminded of things that make me happy.

I’d really appreciate if you check it out!

http://reasonsforonemoreday.tumblr.com/

Thanks!

~Taylor

So since I’m not really doing this quote thing weekly, I thought I’d call it food for thought instead! Anyhoo, here are some current favorites:

Other People’s:

1. “People are gonna tell you who you are your whole life. You just gotta punch back and say no, this is who I am. You want people to see you differently? Make them. You want to change something? You’re gonna have to go out there and change it yourself because there are no fairy godmothers in this world.” Emma Swan - Once Upon a Time

2. “The world isn’t perfect, and the law is incomplete. Equivalent Exchange doesn’t encompass everything that goes on here. But I still choose to believe in its principle: that all things do come at a price. That there’s an ebb, and a flow, a cycle. That the pain we went through did have a reward and that anyone who’s determined and perseveres will get something of value in return, even if it’s not what they expected. ” Alphonse Elric - Fullmetal Alchemist

3. “The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.” Pudge - Looking for Alasaka

4. “It’s not about who’s right and who’s wrong; there are more important things than that. That’s why we need things like apologies and forgiveness.” Taiga Aisaka - Toradora!

5. “I had music in a world where I thought I said nothing.” Iwasawa - Angel Beats!

Mine:

1. “I guess…I never really thought about it like that before. I never thought that…that you guys would want to help. I always believed that I had to be strong for all of you because I care about you and I don’t want to see any of you get hurt, but now I’m starting to see that maybe it’s not that way at all. I can lean on you all, I see that now, because without my crew, my comrades, my friends, I’m nothing more than a crazy girl with a boat.” Ryder Green - Freedom Fighters

2. “Is the point of our entire existence on this planet just to sit here and wait all the time? I feel like ever since I can remember I’ve been waiting for one thing or another. Waiting for parents, waiting until I was old enough, waiting for school buses, waiting for news…is that all we do? Just wait?…Sometimes it just feels like I won’t ever do anything significant, like all I’ll ever know is suffering and brief glimpses of happiness. I’m sick of this, this suffering, this eternal pain and agony the world causes its habitants by merely existing. What kind of god would let his people live here, in this eternal cycle of death? Wouldn’t an all powerful and benevolent god want to give his people more than just this permanent suffering and survival?” Red - Blackened Wings

3. “Greif feels a lot like drowning you know. You just keep sinking and sinking and sinking and it gets harder and harder to see straight. Then all of a sudden you can breathe again and you realize just how precious the air around you is. And you feel like a dork for thinking it but then you say “screw it, who the hell cares if I sound like a dork? I’m alive!” We’re alive Nik, and we don’t need to stop living just because they’re not. So get off your ass and stop wallowing. God knows you’ll be better off that way.” Martina Youngling - Blackened Wings

So there ya go! As one of my favorite authors John Green once said, “Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we’re quoting.” I’m not so sure what this says about me, but there ya have it! :)

Till next time! <3

~Taylor