"Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what's to come. But that night, I think we knew it was time to let go of what had been and look ahead to what would be. Other days, now days, days to come. The thing is, we didn't have to hate each other for getting older. We just had to forgive ourselves for growing up. "
I had never heard of The Wonder Years--turns out it was one of my mom's favorite shows to watch--but I fell in love with this quote and went looking for more. It is always always always a problem when I go quote hunting because I get COMPLETELY absorbed and sucked in to the words. It's like each quote speaks to me a little, comforts me, relates to me. I love them all so much! But I thought I would share a few of my favorite quotes from the show The Wonder Years:
Growing Up:
"When you're a little kid you're a bit of everything; Scientist, Philosopher, Artist. Sometimes it seems like growing up is giving these things up one at a time."
"You start out life with a clean slate. Then you begin to make your mark. You face decisions, make choices. You keep moving forward. But sooner or later there comes a time where you look back over where you have been...and wonder who you really are."
"Growing up is full of big moments. Some of them you can see coming from a mile away; and some you can't see at all."
"The friends who grew up with you deserve a special respect. The ones who stuck by you shoulder to shoulder, in a time where nothing was certain, all life lay ahead, and every road led home."
Love:
Growing Up:
"When you're a little kid you're a bit of everything; Scientist, Philosopher, Artist. Sometimes it seems like growing up is giving these things up one at a time."
"You start out life with a clean slate. Then you begin to make your mark. You face decisions, make choices. You keep moving forward. But sooner or later there comes a time where you look back over where you have been...and wonder who you really are."
"Growing up is full of big moments. Some of them you can see coming from a mile away; and some you can't see at all."
"The friends who grew up with you deserve a special respect. The ones who stuck by you shoulder to shoulder, in a time where nothing was certain, all life lay ahead, and every road led home."
"All of our young lives we search for someone to love. Someone that makes us complete. We choose partners and change partners. We dance to a song of heartbreak and hope. All the while wondering if somewhere, somehow, there's someone perfect who might be searching for us."
"Oh, yeah. . . Love. Once upon a time, it was simple. If you liked somebody, you let them know. And if you didn't, you let them know. One way or another, you knew where you stood. But as you get older, communication gets more. . . complicated." How true is this??
"In junior high school, there were days when you felt like nothing was worth getting out of bed for. But then, you remembered... you were going to see her.. Your day was gonna have all these moments... moments that were full of possibility. When you were sure that something... something... was going to happen."
"When you're 16, logic and experience don't matter. All that matters is the way you feel and the way you felt. . . the first time you knew it was love. "
"Sometimes in love there's no simple fix. Sometimes you just have to hang on. . . and lead with your heart. "
"I'm so sorry. I know I did something terrible, horrible to you, and if I could take it back, I would. Sometimes I wish you would just do something horrible to me and then we'd be even. But you, you would never do that. It's just all these things are happening and I need someone. You're the only one I can talk to. You've always been the only one. "
"I never knew until that moment, what it was like to lose something I never really had."
"You just can't make someone fall in love with you. You know, you just can't make them. It's just gotta happen. "
"In junior high school, there were days when you felt like nothing was worth getting out of bed for. But then, you remembered... you were going to see her.. Your day was gonna have all these moments... moments that were full of possibility. When you were sure that something... something... was going to happen."
"Sometimes in love there's no simple fix. Sometimes you just have to hang on. . . and lead with your heart. "
"I'm so sorry. I know I did something terrible, horrible to you, and if I could take it back, I would. Sometimes I wish you would just do something horrible to me and then we'd be even. But you, you would never do that. It's just all these things are happening and I need someone. You're the only one I can talk to. You've always been the only one. "
"I never knew until that moment, what it was like to lose something I never really had."
"You just can't make someone fall in love with you. You know, you just can't make them. It's just gotta happen. "
This one is my personal favorite--"There are other things we have to find before we find each other."
Truth/Random:
"When you're a kid, it's simple. Christmas is magic. It's a time of miracles, when reindeer can fly, and Frosty never melts. Then you get older. Somehow, things change. The magic begins to fade. Until something happens that reminds you at Christmas time... miracles still can be found. Sometimes in the most unexpected places."
"In your life you meet people, some you never think about again, some you wonder what happened to them, there are some that you wonder if they ever think about you and then there are some you wish you never had to think about again. . . but you do. "
"Over the course of the average lifetime you meet a lot of people. Some of them stick with you through thick and thin. Some weave their way through your life and disappear forever. But once in a while someone comes along who earns a permanent place in your heart. "
"Your memory is a way of holding on to what you are, what you love, and what you never want to lose."
"Change is never easy. You fight to hold on, you fight to let go." - The Wonder Years
"That night we talked. . . about life, about our times together. Maybe we weren't the same two kids we had once been. But some things never change. Some things last. And even though I didn't know what was going to happen to us, or where we were going. . . I just knew I couldn't let her out of my life. "
If you haven't seen this amazing show (it has been 25 years since it all began) it's on netflix. It has all the charm of Boy Meets World, all the romance of My Girl, all the humor of Little Rascals, and enough interesting dates and facts to make the history channel proud. I love how family-centered it is! (I mean, name a show now that shows a family eating dinner together every night with everyone being expected to be there). But mostly, I love how real it is. I love that it is written from the perspective of a grown man looking back at his life and realizing how it was all the little moments, insignificant relationships, minor details that ended up making him who he was. How many times do we look back on our lives like this?
One last quote:
Things never turn out exactly the way you planned. I know they didn't with me. Still, like my father used to say, 'Traffic's traffic, you go where life takes you' and growing up happens in a heartbeat. One day you're in diapers, the next you're gone, but the memories of childhood stay with you for the long haul. I remember a time, a place, a particular fourth of July, the things that happened in that decade of war and change. I remember a house like a lot of houses, a yard like a lot of yards, on a street like a lot of other streets. I remember how hard it was growing up among people and places I loved. Most of all, I remember how hard it was to leave. And the thing is, after all these years I still look back in wonder.
Look back in wonder! Isn't that what we end up doing? Looking back and realizing how perfectly things played out, how incredible each moment ended up being, how completely idealic every little coincidence or mishap shaped us into who we are now. Isn't it wonderful? Full of wonder?
These are beautiful words to me. They make me feel like writing my autobiography! (maybe someday) And they definitely make me think about things in a different perspective, as if I were looking back on my current life from some future date. I also have those times, places, fourth of Julys, etc that have stuck with me and changed me in a way and I am sure all of you do too. I hope with all my heart that I can continually look back in wonder at those times and places and people and historical events and realize why things ended up happening the way they did.
For now, I will just continue to fall in love with a teenage Fred Savage and constantly have "get by with a little help from my friends" stuck in my head. I have found a new obsession. oops.
-C
If you haven't seen this amazing show (it has been 25 years since it all began) it's on netflix. It has all the charm of Boy Meets World, all the romance of My Girl, all the humor of Little Rascals, and enough interesting dates and facts to make the history channel proud. I love how family-centered it is! (I mean, name a show now that shows a family eating dinner together every night with everyone being expected to be there). But mostly, I love how real it is. I love that it is written from the perspective of a grown man looking back at his life and realizing how it was all the little moments, insignificant relationships, minor details that ended up making him who he was. How many times do we look back on our lives like this?
One last quote:
Things never turn out exactly the way you planned. I know they didn't with me. Still, like my father used to say, 'Traffic's traffic, you go where life takes you' and growing up happens in a heartbeat. One day you're in diapers, the next you're gone, but the memories of childhood stay with you for the long haul. I remember a time, a place, a particular fourth of July, the things that happened in that decade of war and change. I remember a house like a lot of houses, a yard like a lot of yards, on a street like a lot of other streets. I remember how hard it was growing up among people and places I loved. Most of all, I remember how hard it was to leave. And the thing is, after all these years I still look back in wonder.
Look back in wonder! Isn't that what we end up doing? Looking back and realizing how perfectly things played out, how incredible each moment ended up being, how completely idealic every little coincidence or mishap shaped us into who we are now. Isn't it wonderful? Full of wonder?
These are beautiful words to me. They make me feel like writing my autobiography! (maybe someday) And they definitely make me think about things in a different perspective, as if I were looking back on my current life from some future date. I also have those times, places, fourth of Julys, etc that have stuck with me and changed me in a way and I am sure all of you do too. I hope with all my heart that I can continually look back in wonder at those times and places and people and historical events and realize why things ended up happening the way they did.
For now, I will just continue to fall in love with a teenage Fred Savage and constantly have "get by with a little help from my friends" stuck in my head. I have found a new obsession. oops.
Watch this and try not to fall in love!
-C
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