Julie Murphy Quotations

I knew how to die. It was the living that scared me.

In a hundred years, no one would know us, but this moment for us would last as long as we did.

Spiders don't chew. They send a special liquid into their prey. The prey's insides turn to mush. Then the spider sucks up its tasty lunch!

I wanted nothing more than to feel something, but I didn't know how to deal with what came after the feeling.

A male frigate bird blows up a wild red pouch on his neck. He can keep it puffed up for hours. It is his way of impressing the girls.

I’d always heard that when you truly love someone, you’re happy for them as long they’re happy. But that’s a lie. That’s higher-road bullshit. If you love someone so much, why the hell would you be happy to see them with anyone else? I didn’t want the easy kind of love. I wanted the crazy love, the kind of love that created and destroyed all at the same time.

As it turned out, my greatest fear in life had become expectations.

Sometimes love is so intense that it turns into this gray area that borders on hate. That's what happens when the people you love have that type of power over you.

For as long as I could push air in and out of my chest, I would remember this moment that could never be measured.

We were surrounded by great athletes from around the country and got to take part in the opening ceremony with athletes from all over the world.