More from Barbara Park
A little glitter can turn your whole day around.
Barbara ParkBarbara Park A stick or a stone only stings for a minute. A name seems to hurt forever.
Barbara ParkBarbara Park The upside to grief is it takes away your appetite. When people say you look good they really mean it. Nature’s thoughtful that way.
Barbara ParkBarbara Park I don’t really believe in pretending to be happy when you’re not. Mostly I believe that you should burden your friends with your problems.
Barbara ParkBarbara Park I’m not actually sure I’m grown-up enough for grown-up books.
Barbara ParkBarbara Park Even though sometimes you can control your anger, you can’t control your sadness.
Barbara ParkBarbara Park I don’t even like clowns. Clowns are not normal people.
Barbara ParkBarbara Park Sometimes grown ups don’t act their right old age
Barbara ParkBarbara Park Can’t we be friends?’ I hate your guts, Frankovitch’ Can’t our guts be friends?
Barbara ParkBarbara Park Society just has a way of inhibiting you, which is good and bad.
Barbara ParkBarbara Park I happen to think that a book is of extraordinary value if it gives the reader nothing more than a smile or two. It’s perfectly okay to take a book, read it, have a good time, giggle and laugh – and turn off the TV. I love that.
Barbara ParkBarbara Park When you’re in between dreams, you get to lean back and relax and stop trying so hard. Trying to be somebody, I mean. It’s not as exciting as being a television star, but it’s not that bad, either. You just have to learn to be satisfied with the way you are for a while. Not Forever. Just until you’re finished resting.
Barbara ParkBarbara Park I’m so lazy as far as liking to get up, go to the office in my pajamas, get dressed about noon. And I hate flying. So I have this really laid-back, good lifestyle, and it’s hard to nudge me out of it.
Barbara ParkBarbara Park I was a good kid, but I was just very chatty. Teachers were rarely entertained, but occasionally a child was, which was enough for me. Everything was so urgent. I needed to say it immediately.
Barbara ParkBarbara Park Junie B. Jones. The B stands for Beatrice. Except, I don’t like Beatrice. I just like B and that’s all.
Barbara ParkBarbara Park I find the term perfect child to be an oxymoron.
Barbara ParkBarbara Park
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We’re toxic to each other. And maybe that’s why we love each other.
Norah RoseNorah Rose Maybe I should just let myself feel to the point that I don’t feel anything. It’s the game of feelings, I think it’s time to play with my own.
Astha SrivastavaAstha Srivastava Choosing yourself should not be an option, It should be a decision.
Aradhna S BirenAradhna S Biren I lost parts of me when I split into two and most of those pieces seeped into you.
TMCTMC Your arms around me – and for the first time in years, I feel like I am home.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I breathe in the first glimmers of freedom – it tastes of sweet hopefulness.
Alma-May NoaAlma-May Noa Don’t let this dissipate. Don’t let this evaporate into thin air. Don’t let this go.
Olivia CliffordOlivia Clifford No matter how much you take care of everything in your life, if you ignore self-care, everything is wasted.
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Show me someone without an ego, and I’ll show you a loser.
Donald TrumpDonald Trump What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.
Donald TrumpDonald Trump You lose nothing when fighting for a cause. In my mind the losers are those who don’t have a cause they care about.
Muhammad AliMuhammad Ali There are winners, there are losers and there are people who have not yet learned how to win.
Les BrownLes Brown People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.
Stephen HawkingStephen Hawking When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
SocratesSocrates If you run around with 9 losers pretty soon you’ll be the 10th loser.
Les BrownLes Brown Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not.
Bill GatesBill Gates
