Born and raised in Los Angeles, Courtney was raised by her single mother, Barbara. I was sixteen years old.
That’s the nature of names.”, “Maybe that’s how names ought to be, heh? And then the world is free to flow into me like water into an empty bowl….
We are untitled, unnamed, natural, suspended between was and will be, the tadpole before the frog, the worm before the butterfly. For that superheroic selfie: " Secret identities are Superhero 101. Hers or theirs? Her ways knocked us off balance. I’m convinced that a Stargirl can take many forms and it may not be limited to someone of the opposite gender…but I would guess that it usually is. – Stargirl The next time that you see a flower sticking up out of the ground or in a vase just remember part of what makes it so beautiful is how long it took to grow. Sometimes we need to erase them, erase our senses. She was tomorrow.”, “Why fit in when you're born to stand out?”, “Every name is real. You, “Nobody has the time.
There’s a whole commotion going on inside us.”, “The earth is speaking to us, but we can’t hear because of all the racket our senses are making. – Stargirl You plant a seed in the ground and a whole world develops and stretches out and opens up. Based on the DC comics of the same name by Geoff Johns, the series follows a teenage girl named Courtney Whitmore who discovers her dad was the superhero Starman, inheriting a number of powers of her own as Stargirl.
That's the nature of names.”, “I had never realized how much I needed the attention of others to confirm my own presence.”, “It’s really hard to do nothing totally. It’s just here.”, “It’s really hard to do nothing totally. “Nothing’s more fun than being carried away.”, “Heart and head are contrary historians.”, “The trouble with miracles is, they don't last long.”, “We wanted to define her, to wrap her up as we did each other, but we could not seem to get past "weird" and "strange" and "goofy." In fact, i hoped they were. Can't get enough of the show? “She laughed when there was no joke. Why be stuck with just one your whole life?”, “You’ll know her more by your questions than by her answers. She also discovers an artifact of immense power, a long-lost hero’s cosmic staff, and Courtney becomes the unlikely inspiration for an entirely new generation of superheroes. I am a stone, a cactus thorn. She’s as real as–as real as Barney.”, “Every name is real. I like that most of all, being rain.”, “In that moonlit hour, I acquired a sense of the otherness of things. And then… and then–ah–we open our eyes and the days is before us, and–we become ourselves.”. Everything about the series is relatable and empowering, and we adore Brec Bassinger as the title character. "-Courtney Whitmore (DC ' s Stargirl via The CW) Pat: excuse our dog. Even just sitting here, like this, our bodies are churning, our minds are chattering. For ourselves. All of her feelings, all of her attentions flowed outward.
Quotes By Jerry Spinelli. For those few moments we are unformed, uncivilized. Refresh and try again. She walked off.”. The thing is, there’s no difference between me and the universe.
And then the world is free to flow into me like water into an empty bowl…. You couldn’t let such wonderfulness out of your sight. She was tomorrow. The thing is, there’s no difference between me and the universe. (DC ' s Stargirl via The CW) For the effort you ' re putting in now to change who you ' ll be in the future: " You ' re making choices for your future self right now, your better self.
I said, 'Thanks for the card.' “A baseball bat could not have hit me harder than that smile did. ", "You're making choices for your future self right now, your better self. Your better self is going to thank you for it. I am it and it is me. We are untitled, unnamed, natural, suspended between was and will be, the tadpole before the frog, the worm before the butterfly. Head and heart are contrary historians.”, “I grabbed her, right there outside the lunch room in the swarming mob. You couldn’t stand it. Events become feelings, fellings become events. We talked. The boundary is gone. Incidents seem to cascade and merge. She is, I think, who we really are. It never stops. I am it and it is me. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. "It didn't come with an instruction manual. For the dormant mud frogs we had been for so long.”, “We wagged our head and agreed what a goofy girl this was, maybe even officially crazy, but we walked away smiling and maybe not saying but all thinking the same thing: it felt good to get credit.”, “She did not seem to notice. I’m not outside my world anymore, and I’m not really inside it either. For those few seconds we’re something more primitive than what we are about to become. I hear. “He stared at me. I liked the feeling the moonlight gave me, as if it wasn’t the opposite of say, but its underside, its private side, when the fabulous purred on my snow-white sheet like some dark cat come in from the desert.”, “We had no one to compare her to, no one to measure her against. Her smile put the sunflower to shame. All Quotes We rode bikes. ", "Come on sidekick. We did not know what to make of her. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of an elf owl. Error rating book. It could be a book, a chance encounter with a stranger, a …
Keep looking at her long enough.
Nov 27, 2018 - Explore Kalea Barger's board "Stargirl" on Pinterest. You thought of me every waking minute. DC's Stargirl on The CW is the TV superhero story we've been waiting for all our lives. My name is something I wear, like a shirt. And… I see. I am rain.
She had no ego.”, “She was the opposite of cool; she held nothing back.”, “My school is everywhere and always in session.”, “On the contrary, she is one of us.
She was today. Welcome back. It helps that the show is ultra super quotable. I used to ask myself.
Time is free to everyone!”, “It (enchantment) started when the earth was born. No… true power doesn't need to be seen. It’s in the morning, for most of us. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting s... She was today. We are, for a few brief moments, anything and everything we could be. We walked. HERE to find out why we made Stargirl actress Brec Bassinger our Woman Crush Wednesday. Tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. Of all the unusual features of Stargirl, this struck me as the most remarkable.
She was today. There’s a whole commotion going on inside us.”, “I’m erased. We have just slept the sleep of our most distant ancestors, and something of them and their world still clings to us. Stargirl is a 10th grader who quit homeschooling because she wanted to make… read analysis of Stargirl/Susan Caraway. For those few seconds we're something more primitive than what we are about to become. Archie is a retired paleontologist and professor who moved to Mica after his wife, Ada Mae, died. ”, “She was elusive. The universe will speak. “Whos love do you cherrish more? Your better self is going to thank you for it.
Courtney's smooth-going high school experience is derailed when her mother marries and moves the household from Los Angeles to bucolic Blue Valley in distant Nebraska. I am a stone, a cactus thorn. Archie Brubaker.
Don't flake on me now.". The stars will whisper.”, “I’m erased. And then...and then -- ah -- we open our eyes and the day is before us and ... we become ourselves.”. Or were.”, “She’s anything but. starmeme .
I didn't care if others were watching.
Most decidedly. The universe will speak. She seems to be in touch with something that the rest of us are missing.”, “You know, there’s a place we all inhabit, but we don’t much think about it, we’re scarcely conscious of it, and it lasts for less than a minute a day…. I’m gone.
Courtney did not like her mother's new boyfriend, Pat Dugan, and especially in the beginning, did not get along with him. She was today. so why did this one feel like the first?”. “…no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.” -Max Ehrmann. 97 notes. One day you might see someone you know.”, “The trouble with miracles is, they don’t last long.”, “How did this girl come to be? ", "You seem to think that power comes from other people's perception of you—from recognition or applause—but that's not true power. If you love Stargirl and its characters, keep reading to find out which favorite quotes can also be used as Instagram captions. – Stargirl Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, “She was elusive. You are not meant to be with a Stargirl. “I pledge allegiance to United Turtles of America and to the fruit bats of Borne, one planet in the Milky Way, incredible, with justice and black bean burritos for all.”, “Because I didn’t feel like Susan anymore.” –when asked why she changed her name, “I’m not my name. See more ideas about Stargirl quotes, Book quotes, Words. I outgrow it, I change it.”, “Nothing’s more fun than being carried away.”, “You were smitten with me. The boundary is gone. I hear. I grabbed her and squeezed her. It is, always. Her superhero career began after her mother ordered her to clean up Pat's office (previously, her bedroom) … Struggling to adapt, Courtney discovers her stepfather has a secret past as a superhero sidekick. Keep looking at her long enough. I’m gone. when you deside that, it's all downhill from there.”, “This was the start of a period that blurs as I try to recall it. Then - maybe - the earth will touch us. In our minds we tried to pin her to a cork board like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew.”, “You’ll know her more by your questions than by her answers. Even just sitting here, like this, our bodies are churning, our minds are chattering. She was tomorrow. One day you might see someone you know.”, “When a stargirl cries, she sheds not tears but light.”, “The earth is speaking to us, but we can't hear because of all the racket our senses are making. 130 quotes from Stargirl (Stargirl, #1): ‘She was elusive. Then–maybe–the earth will touch us. “Of course we did other things too. – Stargirl It’s easy to get confused when we’re moving so fast.
The time cannot be owned. It's that time, those few seconds when we're coming out of sleep but we're not really awake yet. I’m nothing. It's where your interests connect you with your people. ", "Being a superhero is not being one most of the time. She was tomorrow. ", "This stuff shouldn't be sitting here, collecting dust. Love has a way of revealing truth. I’m not outside my world anymore, and I’m not really inside it either. ", "Someone with honor and strength must carry the torch. I am rain. And… I see.
But not with eyes and ears. For those few moments we are unformed, uncivilized.
She also happens to be far from the only one in the small town of Blue Valley who possesses incredible powers. He lives in a fossil-filled house with a giant, dying cactus, “Señor Saguaro,” in the backyard. Sometimes I thought she should be teaching me. I had never been so happy and so proud in my life.”, “I faced the gaudy sunflower on her canvas bag -- it looked hand-painted and at last my eyes fell into hers. The stars will whisper.”, “She was bendable light: she shone around every corner of my day.”, “It's in the morning, for most of us. She was unknown territory.