Unforeseen Detours Quotes

He goes his way. We travel a spiral. The quickest way is sometimes the longest.

Somedays the line I walk turns out to be straight - Other days the line tends to deviate.

You think that your life is going to be one way, and then, for various reasons or whatever, it doesn't work out.

Too often, I've seen instances where we have an idea of what we want to be, where we want to go, and with whom - before life steps in the way, throws something at us that is beyond our control, and changes everything.

In a compass, we got north, south, east and west, right? But in between that, you got things like north-east - now that, to me, is where real life is. Everybody's life is not straight: it's often 30 degrees to your left, or in the hardest part of the reach.

Most people's journeys haven't been as disjointed as mine.

I know so many people that were really able to lead 'perfect' lives. They meet the right person, they make the babies, they get the jobs, they get the house and it's essentially a smooth ride. That really didn't happen for me.

You never want your second act or the whole movie to just be this relentless march towards its goal. You want things to take the audience by surprise.

If you know anything about me, you know that my life's taken a few unexpected curves and crashes along the way. But hey, at least I can say I took the scenic route!

People's lives often don't turn out as they expect.