Home

The book Home by Whitney Hanson is a book full of quotes about relationships. It has different quotes from different stages of a relationship. From healing to hurting, to loving to hating, to growing and taking steps back. These quotes really make me think about all the relationships I have with different people in my life. It also has random quotes about life in general. A quote that I thought was simple but also meant a lot said, "I love to read books, they are safe, if the plot becomes too messy, I can simply close the book. I wish I could trap my life in the pages of the book." This quote relates to reading, but also to life. When reading, if you do not understand something or do not really like the book and feel interested in it, you can simply stop reading it and find a new one. You can also use your imagination to make the book how you want to see it. Life is very similar to this. If something happens in life that you do not like that can be avoided, avoid it or step away from it. You can also change things how you want it and decide how you want your life to go. Find something new to focus on that makes your life more interesting. This happens a lot with high school friendships. Being around certain people really forms how people act and how they are. You can choose to be around good people or people that have a bad influence on you. If you don't like how certain people act, stay away from them. This quote is really simple, yet means a lot of things. Another quote that I am sure that a lot of high schoolers relate to, even me, states, "I finally faced the fact that it isn't a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems." There are so many people that cause a lot of drama for no reason and just cause more problems for yourself. I have learned over the past couple of years that it is better to keep your circle small and have trustworthy friends than to have all of these friends that talk behind your back. It is a tough choice to not have a lot of friends but it definitely saves you in the long run by staying out of dumb drama. Being around a positive atmosphere makes one's life a healthy one. 

All of the quotes that I have read from this book are hard to choose from as being named one of my top quotes to put into this blog. They all have such a good message about how to handle different obstacles we come across in our lives. Friendships are not easy and neither are the decisions we make that determine what is best for us. Although this is not really a book to sit through and read, it is a good book to look at every once in a while to get advice about the different choices we make. It is a book that you can open up a random page and take in the advice that it is giving you for the day. This is a book that will help with anything that you may be second-guessing yourself about. Many of the quotes in this book can mean a lot of different things, but they mean the most depending on how someone may interpret them.