I think living to be one hundred would be great, but living to fifty twice would be so much better.
BARBARA JOHNSONTeaching literature is teaching how to read. How to notice things in a text that a speed-reading culture is trained to disregard, overcome, edit out, or explain away; how to read what the language is doing, not guess what the author was thinking; how to take evidence from a page, not seek a reality to substitute for it.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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Being codependent means that when you die, someone else’s life passes before your eyes.
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A lot of kneeling keeps one in good standing.
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Motherhood: if it were going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor.
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Teaching literature is teaching how to read. How to notice things in a text that a speed-reading culture is trained to disregard, overcome, edit out, or explain away; how to read what the language is doing, not guess what the author was thinking; how to take evidence from a page, not seek a reality to substitute for it.
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True love doesn’t have a happy ending, because true love never ends. Letting go is one way of saying I love you.
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Worry is the senseless process of cluttering up tomorrows opportunities with leftover problems from today
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Allow your dreams a place in your prayers and plans. God-given dreams can help you move into the future He is preparing for you.
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When we have hope, we are showing that we trust God to work out the situation. Trust is the only way we’re going to make it through and be a part of God’s marvelous plan for His child.
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Winners see an answer for every problem; losers see a problem in every answer!
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Your face is a billboard advertising your philosophy of life!
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No one likes change… but babies in diapers.
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As you’re rushing through life, take time to stop a moment, look into people’s eyes, say something kind, and try to make them laugh!
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You have to look for the joy. Look for the light of God that is hitting your life, and you will find sparkles you didn’t know were there.
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Violets are God’s apology for February.
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We spend our lives dreaming of the future, not realizing that a little of it slips away every day.
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