Quotes For You

I am no more annoyed when I think of the expression, than I should be annoyed by a man’s opinion of a picture of mine, who had no eye for pictures; or of a piece of music of mine, who had no ear for music. (Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities)

The woman who can create her own job is the one who will win fame and fortune. (Amelia Earhart)

Start today like a new beginning, and not a repeat. (Deborah Brodie, The Path That Gets Brighter: A Devotional to Instruct, Illustrate, and Encourage Kingdom Principles)

Only the victor gets to write history – where half of the facts are distorted and the other half invented..

You know,” Marion said, “I met a woman once when I was a teenager. I knew she had gone through a lot but she was so strong, so compassionate. I asked her how she could be the way she was, and you know what she told me?”Hadley shook her head. “She said, ‘You can be broken, or broken open. That choice is yours. (Erica Bauermeister, Joy for Beginners)

So I took her hand, and I don’t know what everybody else heard, but to me it sounded like a slow dance: a little sad, but maybe a little hopeful, too. (Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse)

Just as the desperate, terminally ill cancer patient often turns to expensive placebos for an imaginary chance at more life, the desperate, terminally alive sad people turn to expensive placebos for a chance to imagine a decent life (Sarah Perry, Every Cradle is a Grave: Rethinking the Ethics of Birth and Suicide)

If either one of you is ever in a situation you’re not entirely comfortable with—call me. I don’t care what time it is. I don’t care who is there or what is going on. You call me and I will come get you (Mindy McGinnis, The Female of the Species)

Growing up is the dumbest thing I ever wanted to rush into (Tanya Masse)

Whatever happens, we have gotThe Maxim gun, and they have not (Hilaire Belloc)