There are high spots in all of our lives, and most of them come about through encouragement from someone else. -- George Adams
Quote Wednesday -- Gandhi
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer. -- Gandhi
Quote Wednesday -- Hepburn
Film was and is still a romantic business, just as life is romantic. -- Katherine Hepburn
Well said, Kate!
Quote Wednesday -- Kubler-Ross
There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden, or even your bathtub. -- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
I find mine curled up with a book.
Quote Wednesday -- Graham
Food is the most primitive form of comfort. -- Sheila Graham
Even though I don't love cooking, I am liking it more than I have been. I've even gotten a bit excited about trying new recipes.
Quote Wednesday -- Doherty
With the gift of listening comes the gift of healing. -- Catherine de Hueck Doherty
Sometimes all you need to heal is a bit of listening.
Quote Wednesday -- Emerson
Character is higher than intellect. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I love people with character!
Quote Wednesday -- Patton
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. -- Gen. George Patton
Always need to remember this when I'm having a bad week...
Quote Wednesday -- Keillor
Sometimes you have to look reality in the eye and deny it. -- Garrison Keillor
I feel like I need to adopt this philosophy nowadays. Reality can be anything I make it. I just have to change it!
Quote Wednesday -- Lewis
"Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again." - C.S. Lewis
I've reached that age. I love a good fairy tale. I love the whimsy, the out of this world, the extraordinary. I love getting lost in something not real.
Quote Wednesday -- Faulkner
Read, read, read. Read everything-trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the mast. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it is good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out the window. - William Faulkner
Thank you for the advice Mr. Faulkner. I'll try...
Quote Wednesday -- Anderson
‘Just living is not enough,’ said the butterfly. ‘One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower’." - Hans Christian Anderson
Loving the sunshine in my town. Even in winter, it shines and makes everything look new and clean!
Quote Wednesday -- Dahl
"On the afternoon of the day when her father had refused to buy her the book, Matilda set out by herself to walk to the public library in the village. When she arrived, she introduced herself to the librarian, Mrs Phelps. She asked if she might sit a while and read a book."- Matilda by Roald Dahl
I love this imagery! Thankfully I had parents that supported by book reading habit (even if my mother thinks I read a bit too much). I wish that all children were encouraged to discover the adventures awaiting in books.
Quote Wednesday -- Mann
A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up children without surrounding them with books…. Children learn to read being in the presence of books. - Horace Mann
Trying to build Arthur's bookcase... Hint hint: Christmas present idea. I love the idea of having children randomly picking up and enjoying books. The boys have learned to appreciate a good book. Now to work on the little one.
Quote Wednesday -- Gaiman
"You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we’re doing it." - Neil Gaiman
I want to be more aware of my ideas and get them down on paper (or computer). I imagine that Gaiman daydreams a lot. How else does he come up with all these strange story ideas?
Quote Wednesday -- Lamott
"For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die." - Anne Lamott
Wow! Check out the power in this quote. This is too beautiful... I'm sure all book lovers can relate to this one.
Quote Wednesday -- Baez
I’ve never had a humble opinion. If you’ve got an opinion, why be humble about it? -- Joan Baez
Sometimes I wish I was more confident about expressing my opinions.
Quote Wednesday -- Barrie
The gates of Heaven are so easily found when we are little, and they are always standing open to let children wander in. -- J.M. Barrie
Wise words from the author of Peter Pan.
Quote Wednesday -- Emerson
It is through our names that we first place ourselves in the world. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I take names very seriously. When it came to choosing the name for this baby, I had some ideas. But J had already chosen one. Good thing I love the name. It fulfills my requirements of classic, easy to spell and pronounce, and meaningful. Plus, we have the bonus of choosing a very geeky name. We must continue our geeky family traditions.
Quote Wednesday -- Sanger
No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her own body. -- Margaret Sanger
With the birth of my third child nearing, I've been thinking about the issue of women and control of their bodies. While I have my personal beliefs, I cannot in good conscious demand that other women follow the same decisions as myself. Our bodies are ours to control alone.