David Levithan quote: "If there's one thing I've learned, it's this: We all want everything to be okay. We don't even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough."

If we're honest, most of us are doing okay.
CRAIG GROESCHEL

But we have to learn to be free. We have to, Nell. Doesn't mean happy all the time, or okay all the ...
JASINDA WILDER

The biggest lesson I’ve learned is, “It’s okay.” It’s okay for me to be kind to myself. It...
HAYLEY WILLIAMS

It's okay to be happy with yourself for all that you are and aren't. It's okay to accept that life w...
CHINONYE J. CHIDOLUE

One of the most beneficial and valuable gifts we can give to ourselves in this life: is allowing our...
C. JOYBELL C.

I need to know that there even is such a thing as okay, or maybe not just okay, maybe even good, and...
KATJA MILLAY

Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.
JOHN LENNON

Don't settle, okay? Not for anything. I mean it. You only get this one chance at life, far as I know...
SARAH OCKLER

Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
ED SHEERAN

Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end yet.
UNKOWN

Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth;
whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in...
HERMAN MELVILLE

Just when we thought everything was going to be okay, we all fell apart.
JENNY HAN

If he feels okay with that we'll pretty much know if he is going to be in the 22 or not. Obviously i...
MICHAEL CHEIKA

Everything really is going to be okay. (And if not okay, then at least comic.)
ELIZABETH GILBERT

I wonder if we will become okay again. I hope for it.
NINA LACOUR

Most of us think we're too busy or too important to rest for a day.
CRAIG GROESCHEL

If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack.
CRAIG GROESCHEL

Okay, seriously, I dont know if this is true or not, but I heard people who use profanity are trying...
SIMONE ELKELES

It's okay to take time for yourself. We give so much of ourselves to others and we need to be fu...
FAITH HILL

They were clearly the better team. We knew it was going to be really tough tonight, and we wrestled ...
CARL ADAMS

I want to belong. Belonging makes things okay, and I want to be okay. I just want to be okay.
ANNE CLENDENING

Maybe one day you'll come back. Maybe you never will and that'll suck, but you can't keep doing this...
KATJA MILLAY

Many of us are afraid of what society will think of our true selves, but just as we must accept that...
DEDRICK D. L. PITTER

Everything checked out okay. We take all threats seriously. We follow strict standard procedures.
PASQUALE DIFULCO

Its okay if you help people but its not okay of you lose dignity in the process..
OLASOT

The most difficult thing to do is to have a fake smile on your face even when you know everything is...
HARSH MAURYA

Is it okay to hate a dead kid? Even if you loved him once? Even if he was my best friend? Is it okay...
A.S. KING

Most people are fine with fine
and okay with okay.
If you want to be the best you
can...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI

What we learn through sharing our memories and our sadness's and our little victories with each othe...
JOJO MOYES

Okay, okay. Our quarterbacks are idiots. Come on, we drafted Maurice Clarett, for Christ's sake. Obv...
MIKE SHANAHAN

Maybe okay will be our always.” “Okay,
JOHN GREEN

Ladies, if you’re single there is nothing wrong, sinful or wicked about desiring a husband, nothin...
MATT CHANDLER

We all knew then it was going be okay,
CHARLES BUTLER

It’s okay to not be okay,” she says. “When you’ve been through things—whatever those thing...
VICTORIA SCHWAB

And if one day,' she said, really crying now, 'you look back and you feel bad for being so angry, if...
PATRICK NESS

but we are not going to start again before we are sure everything is okay.
BILL RICHARDSON

The only time it is okay to be rich is when everyone has enough.
JIM GENOVESE

Okay, even if we disagree on that point, we still need to keep living our lives, don't we?...
SUSIN NIELSEN

I foolishly thought that if I just 'made it' then everything would be okay. And everything w...
TRENT REZNOR

But our young players are older and wiser and the ability is there, so we will be okay.
BOBBY CHARLTON

It's okay', you know? It's okay to be you. It's okay to just not be okay. It's o...
KRISTEN STEWART

Inspired By Beauty In Creation We Are One
DANIEL GILMAN

It's okay,” he said. “We're together.” He didn't say you're okay, or we're alive...
RICK RIORDAN

Maggie squeezes my hand. It’s a silent message that everything will be okay. Somehow I believe her...
SIMONE ELKELES

For a time I hovered in that peaceful dreamland where nothing at all works properly but everything i...
WILLIAM GIRALDI

You need to prioritize. If you can't get to everything or do everything, that's okay.
JULIE CHEN

Splits generally are positive for stocks if they're done at the right time. The timing on this one l...
IAN WITTERS

Everything was okay today, but I am not feeling okay. I think that when the things you like go away,...
ABRAHAM M. ALGHANEM

I wish for you the wisdom to realize that it’s okay to miss something, but not want it back.
STEVE MARABOLI

There used to be days that I thought I was okay, or at least that I was going to be. We'd be hanging...
NINA LACOUR

Currently the consumer price index is okay and we also want to boost consumption.
ZHOU XIAOCHUAN

Okay, I cannot say this without being very direct. If you are looking for a spouse or even a romance...
JOHN PATRICK HICKEY

It's okay not to be okay.
MICHAEL CLIFFORD

Yeah! Everything is okay!
BREEHN BURNS

Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transce...
THICH NHAT HANH

You can find sorrow in the arithmetic, and you can find a bittersweet hope.
DAVID LEVITHAN

You’ll be fine. You’re 25. Feeling [unsure] and lost is part of your path. Don’t avoid it. See...
LOUIS C.K.

We know it's a niche market today, mainly because the volumes are not there and the phones are so ex...
MARKETING SCOTT RUBIN

Because the only way anyone will ever be okay with me is if they love me. Really love me enough to n...
KATIE MCGARRY

The external tanks are okay. The initial assessment is good for them. Just one of them had a little ...
HARRY WADSWORTH

You have to learn that if you start making sure you feel good, everything will be okay.
RUBEN STUDDARD

If you have love, anything will be okay.
OCEANSKEYESNOW

We Are Lovable
Even if the most important person in your world rejects you, you are still real...
MELODY BEATTIE

It is okay to be an outsider, a recent arrival, new on the scene - and not just okay, but something ...
TAN LE

It was a very frustrating loss for us. This team really needs to have someone on the floor all the t...
FLAVA SIRK

Is everything okay your way?
KATHY DENICE WILBURN

We just like making people happy. It's okay to dance at our shows, it's okay to act silly. It's okay...
SEVERIN BOZUNG

She was really clear about that, she did not want it. We said okay, but you have to get enough calor...
MAGGIE MERMIN

Failure is just part of the process, and it's not just okay; it's better than okay. God doesn't want...
BOB GOFF

I would prefer history tell itself, rather than have Hollywood tell it. There's so much we just don'...
CARIE LEMACK

We all think that this relationship thing is a game out here. All I'm saying to women is, 'O...
STEVE HARVEY

We need to know that we are enough and not inadequate because we are not living up to some modern id...
MALEBO SEPHODI

In the end everything will be okay. But hurdles have to be jumped through first.
SIMONE ELKELES

Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an...
LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD

Lena, listen to me, okay? We don't have much more time here. You are in love. I've never seen anythi...
ANN BRASHARES

We live in a patriarchal culture. It's okay for women to be objectified but not for men.
ALAN BALL

I longed to be wrapped in his arms again, pour my troubles, make everything feel okay, even if it wa...
KATIE ALENDER

Okay, okay, okay … go to your corners, boys. This is a nice Aubusson carpet you’re standing on. ...
J.R. WARD

Affirmations are like screaming that you're okay in order to overcome this whisper that you're not.....
PEMA CHöDRöN

One Heart! One Mind! One Team! One Dream! One Goal! One Soul! That's how we roll!
MARCUS MAYO

It's okay. You're going to save me, Miss Maylene." The girl gave her a genuine look of happiness. "I...
MELISSA MARR

It is going to take a couple of games, but we could be pretty good. We have got a bunch of veterans,...
BOB LEIB

Im okay Im okay now.
But you really need to listen to me
'cause im telling you the trut...
GERARD WAY

So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

Some days the weather happens and we never look up or go outside and that’s okay too.
JOSEPH FINK

I know hate is a strong word and everything, but its okay: we're teenagers.
CECILY VON ZIEGESAR

Anyway, I do not want you thinking that I or Addie or Joe or Skeezie feel sorry for ourselves. We do...
JAMES HOWE

You don't have to touch him sweetheart, but if you want to it's okay. There are some snakes it's oka...
NANCY MOORE

We have some catching up to do. But we'll be okay.
KAYLYN BAYLY

We have to bring face masks and gloves and had to have tetanus shots before we could be cleared. It ...
MAURICE KUYKENDOLL

We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does...
CHRIS CLEAVE

We are told there is not enough money for education, but somehow there is enough money for people to...
PHYLICIA RASHAD

Okay. Stop. All of you. This gossipfest about my virginity is not something I want to continue.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT

If Andy is feeling okay then he will be involved in the squad,
PETER JACKSON

I think we all have this image that we're going to be the hold-out and show what 51 really looks...
BO DEREK

Our pitching just needs to settle down a little bit and I think we'll be okay.
JANA EPEMA

It is okay to not have all the answers. There is a part of the beauty and surprise of life. Embrace ...
LASHAN DIA GRAY

Okay,” he said. “I gotta go to sleep. It’s almost one.”  “Okay,” I said.  “Okay,�...
JOHN GREEN

Aren't you supposed to say that everything is going to be okay?
C.V. HUNT

Tonight was a good start for us. We got to see a lot of good things. I think we're going to be okay ...
CAMMIE MILLAR

If there's one thing I've learned, it's this: We all want everything to be okay. We don't even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough.

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David Levithan

If there's one thing I've learned, it's this: We all want everything to be okay. We don't even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough.

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