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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 Our nannas are losers.
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 Sometimes I think he’s the kind of friend that grownups call a ‘fair-weather friend.’ That means when everything’s going smoothly, he’s the best friend a guy could want. But as soon as something goes wrong…(he) sort of turns on you.
Barbara ParkBarbara Park
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Someone rejected you does not mean you are not worthy. Maybe they can’t afford to be with you.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson I will love you from afar it’s better this way because close up it hurts too much.
Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi Sometimes a person is in peace & in the piece at the same time.
Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Admire your sweet way of glowing; your passionate way of flowing.
Ana SoulfulAna Soulful Darling, you are a warrior, for even though each day feels like a battle, you keep fighting and live on.
Sarah ShawkatSarah Shawkat
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It’s a rare gift, to know where you need to be, before you’ve been to all the places you don’t need to be.
Ursula K. Le GuinUrsula K. Le Guin At quite uncertain times and places, The atoms left their heavenly path, And by fortuitous embraces, Engendered all that being hath. And though they seem to cling together, And form ‘associations’ here, Yet, soon or late, they burst their tether, And through the depths of space career.
James Clerk MaxwellJames Clerk Maxwell For ‘Conan,’ I had to eat boiled chicken breast and work out all the time and basically eat like a bird every two hours and stay ripped.
Jason MomoaJason Momoa I sing a lot, so if I have lipstick, it gets all over the microphone, so I rarely wear lipstick.
Sabrina CarpenterSabrina Carpenter I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.
E. B. WhiteE. B. White No matter what anybody says, we can’t have it all. Not if you are a woman. Not yet.
Ama Ata AidooAma Ata Aidoo All tragedies are finished by a death, All comedies are ended by a marriage.
Lord ByronLord Byron No man knows where the Castle of King Death is. All men and women, boys and girls, and even little wee children should so live that when they have to enter the Castle and see the grim King, they may not fear to behold his face.
Bram StokerBram Stoker
