"One day, someone said to me, 'Do you want to go jump out of an airplane?' I felt like I had nothing to lose anymore, so I said, 'Why not?' And every day since then, I ask myself that question"
About this Quote
The quote works because it smuggles a survival tactic into a punchy anecdote. Skydiving is an exaggerated metaphor for any scary choice, but it’s also concrete enough to feel lived-in. She doesn’t describe manifesting or “finding herself.” She describes being invited, being emptied out, and then choosing motion. “Why not?” is the key: a small, almost comic phrase that lowers the stakes just enough to act. It’s a permission slip you can write yourself, especially when perfectionism and fear have been running the show.
The last line flips the story from a one-time leap to a daily practice. That’s the pop wisdom embedded in it: reinvention isn’t a breakthrough moment; it’s a repeated question. Coming from Twain, an artist whose brand is big hooks and bigger comebacks, the subtext lands culturally as a kind of post-diva realism: not invincible, not broken, just done negotiating with the part of herself that always says no.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Twain, Shania. (2026, January 16). One day, someone said to me, 'Do you want to go jump out of an airplane?' I felt like I had nothing to lose anymore, so I said, 'Why not?' And every day since then, I ask myself that question. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/one-day-someone-said-to-me-do-you-want-to-go-jump-116918/
Chicago Style
Twain, Shania. "One day, someone said to me, 'Do you want to go jump out of an airplane?' I felt like I had nothing to lose anymore, so I said, 'Why not?' And every day since then, I ask myself that question." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/one-day-someone-said-to-me-do-you-want-to-go-jump-116918/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"One day, someone said to me, 'Do you want to go jump out of an airplane?' I felt like I had nothing to lose anymore, so I said, 'Why not?' And every day since then, I ask myself that question." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/one-day-someone-said-to-me-do-you-want-to-go-jump-116918/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.




