J. Lynn Quotes

You're a quiet, beautiful woman in a loud, ugly place. An orchid among weeds. You define obvious.

The first river you paddle runs through the rest of your life. It bubbles up in pools and eddies to remind you who you are.

The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.

The greatest threat to the constitutional right to vote is voter fraud.

I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium.

I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.

And I would urge all women to have that regular mammogram.

Height has nothing to do with it, it is your strength that counts.

When people say, "It can't be done," or "You don't have what it takes," it makes the task all the more interesting.

For the girls with messy hair and thirsty hearts.

There's more women stars in Nashville all the time. They're proving they can do the job the same as a man.

We shall continue to have a worsening ecologic crisis until we reject the Christian axiom that nature has no reason for existence save to serve man.

I'd love to travel to the Holy Land.

I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre.

I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child.

I succeed on my own personal motivation, dedication, and commitment. My mindset is: If I'm not out there training, someone else is.

I believe in horoscopes. I was born under the sign of the Ram, which means I'm headstrong, don't like people telling me what to do.

Running reminded me exactly who I am and what I am made of.

Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.

Happiness is something that comes from our own hearts, not from other people.

I want people to know they don’t have to live their lives in a permanent ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ existence. Truth is a powerful tool.

There are hurdles to overcome in sport and in life. Sport is a very valuable learning ground for how to live your life in the best possible way.

Others don't make us angry. There is no force involved. Becoming angry is a conscious choice, a decision, therefore, we can make the choice not to become angry. We choose!

This being Black History Month, I would like to ask people to celebrate the similarities and not focus on the differences between people of color and not of color.

An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything.

I’m an entrepreneur at heart. I’m not afraid of starting up, starting over or even failing for that matter, because the fact that I try new things in itself is a victory.

Sometimes I can't see myself when I'm with you. I can only just see you.

I always try to think in curves.

Backup singers just bring so much more life to the situation. When a voice opens up, there comes the life.That's when it's a person-to-person connection.

She was sitting in a garden more beautiful than even her rampaging imagination could ever have conjured up, and she was being serenaded by trees.

Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.

When the pursuit of natural harmony is a shared journey, great heights can be attained.

In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent.

Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.

I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I don't claim to have all of them at my command.

When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

We are all of us walking communities of bacteria. The world shimmers, a pointillist landscape made of tiny living beings.

Life on earth is more like a verb. It repairs, maintains, re-creates, and outdoes itself.

I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.

Whatever you're feeling is what you're vibrating and what you're vibrating is what you're attracting

It's just not enough time on set. That's my favorite time. I live for that time on set. I feel like that's when I'm stretching and flexing my muscles and learning how to direct better.

What humans do with the language of mathematics is to describe patterns.

You either have to be first, best, or different.

No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to.

All I ask is that we compare human consciousness with spirochete ecology.

A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.

You've been checking me out, haven't you? In between your flaming insults? I feel like man candy.

I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way.

All living beings, not just animals, but plants and microorganisms, perceive. To survive, an organic being must perceive - it must seek, or at least recognize, food and avoid environmental danger.

My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.