Victoria Pendleton Quotes

My act has always reflected what's going on in my life.

I didn't even want to sing, honestly. I started thinking about how long the journey was, how far all of us had come - me and Jessica Sanchez, Hollie Cavanagh and Josh Ledet and everybody. It's insane, man. It's not as easy as you think.

Each time I write a new piece, whether a novel, a picture book, a speech or anything, really, it has so much to do with what I'm going through personally or a problem I'm trying to work out. When I wrote my novel 'Baby,' my three children had all just gone out the door.

My inspiration comes from my real life experiences.

I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life - and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the story.

Well, you know, it's really been, you know, quite a trip for me.

As I experience life and go through things, that's what I write about.

The story of 'Lasers' is my story. I didn't have to look too far to get subject matter for this record; it was stuff that was happening to me.

I just sort of write the book I feel like writing given the emotional place I am in my life at the time.

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

I think that I write about stuff that others don't write about. I don't have a bunch of love songs cuz I don't really have much boy experience. I just write about what I am actually going through in my real life.

Of the gladdest moments in human life...is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands.

What I know for sure is that your life is a multipart series of all your experiences- and each experience is created by your thoughts, intentions, and actions to teach you what you need to know. Your life is a journey of learning to love yourself first and then extending that love to others in every encounter.

I'm writing my biography. It's my business. This is what happened in my life, and I'm writing about it.

The journey I'm taking is inside me. Just like blood travels down veins, what I'm seeing is my inner self and what seems threatening is just the echo of the fear in my heart.

As a blogger, Chez Pazienza is filled with outrage, passion and insight -- delivered with a distinctive point of view, a wicked sense of humor, and a two-fisted style of prose. In Dead Star Twilight, he turns all these on himself -- and produces a fierce, funny, disturbing, but ultimately uplifting memoir. This is the book A Million Little Pieces dreamed of being.

I am always willing to share my perspective and my personal experience and my journey.

The journeythe journey, I promise you, is the greatest thing ever. The destination always takes care of itself.

Sometimes it's a little better to travel than to arrive

Let the experience begin!

If you are curious as to what your future may hold, you can look into a mirror. What is reflecting back? Does a sparkle in your eyes indicate excitement about new adventures and opportunities? Does a smile on your lips portray an inner happiness and abundant goodwill towards others?

And that's a life, isn't it? Some achievements and some disappointments. It's been interesting to me, though I wouldn't complain or be amazed if others found it less so. Maybe, in a way, Adrian knew what he was doing. Not that I would have missed my own life for anything, you understand. [pp.60-61]

Rose and I have gone on the most incredible journey over the past two years

There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it.

Most of us live our whole lives without having an adventure to call our own.