A person’s got to think, otherwise that person’s no better than a trained seal balancing a ball on his nose. If only that seal could think, he’d know he was making a thousand children laugh.
BETTE GREENEA person’s got to think, otherwise that person’s no better than a trained seal balancing a ball on his nose. If only that seal could think, he’d know he was making a thousand children laugh.
BETTE GREENEI was hooked on writing. I mean, where else can you get paid for sticking your nose into somebody else’s business?
BETTE GREENEI love Arkansas but I think Arkansas has its share of unlit minds.
BETTE GREENELongevity can’t be the only test of love.
BETTE GREENEExperiencing life through a book can help you learn without all the pain of going through the experiences first hand.
BETTE GREENEFun, like champagne bubbles, can’t completely fill you up.
BETTE GREENEWhen people’s emotions are involved they don’t want to listen.
BETTE GREENEWhat do you know about sooner or later? Is a moment only a moment when you’re in pain?
BETTE GREENELike the Bible tells us, when a man will lay down his life for a friend, well, then there ain’t no greater love in this here world than that.
BETTE GREENEI believe that love is better than hate. And that there is more nobility in building a chicken coop than in destroying a cathedral.
BETTE GREENELook inside yourself and you’ll find a world of things (a world of your own experiences)worth writing about.
BETTE GREENEMaybe…in a way, this coffee reminds me of something. Maybe…maybe only a philosopher or a mad man would make this connection, but it’s a little like life. I mean it’s powerful going down and that doesn’t even take into account the aftertaste, which really takes getting used to.
BETTE GREENEWhy is it I’m always so quick to believe that people are thinking…believing the worst about me?
BETTE GREENEEven if you forget everything else I want you to always remember that you are a person of value, and you have a friend who loved you enough to give you his most valued possession.
BETTE GREENEThe world is not a rational place.
BETTE GREENEIt seems to me that a man who is incapable of humor is capable of cruelty.
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