Joan Bauer Quotes
My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn't have any excuse to be stupid.
...Difficult relationships come into our lives for a reason. No one would choose them, certainly. But if we let them, they can teach us how to be flexible with others and more forgiving.
I'll tell you something about tough times. They just about kill you, but if you decide to keep working at them, you'll find your way through.
When you have something so important, something that you'll stay awake for, something you know that you were designed to do, well, it's worth getting a few dark circles, don't you think?
You've got to love yourself with all your short comings, and you've got to love the world no matter how bad it gets.
Sometimes just getting up in the morning and standing at the gate can bring the gate down.
Infatuation cannot be sustained indefinitely, my friend. Love that embraces the entire person is a monumental gift that takes time to grow.
Almost. It’s a big word for me. I feel it everywhere. Almost home. Almost happy. Almost changed. Almost, but not quite. Not yet. Soon, maybe. I’m hoping hard for that.
You don't know which way a thing will come at you, but you need to welcome it with your whole heart which ever way it arrives.
...motherhood should be like driving a car -- you should have to pass a test before you can do it legally.
You know where we got stuck? We were looking for faithfull, loving and perfect relationships-males who were always glad to see us." "So?" "We already have that!" "What do you mean?" "We've got dogs!
Will we have bodyguards?" "We're not quite set up for that. But with all these mothers, you don't need them.
Have you ever noticed that it takes a textbook dozens of pages to say what normal people can cover fast? Example: What was the full impact of World War II? Clear-cut teenage answer: we won.
If you can't find an answer at the mall or the library, what does that say about the world?
You cannot measure the loss of a human life. It's all the things a person was, all their dreams, all the people who loved them, all they hoped to be and could give back to the world.
If you worry about every little thing you're going to have one thoroughly miserable life.
Teenagers are like bees at night, I think. We don't like waking up and we don't always get with the program immediately, but once we figure out our mission, we'll see it through.
"You could lie to me. You could tell me to be encouraged, that good will triumph over evil.""Good will triumph over evil," said Richard. "Liar."
If she's really psychic," Zack said when he saw Tanisha's photo at school, "why does she need a doorbell?
it's a complete rush to get what you've been hoping for - to get it so full and complete that it fills your senses.
Toys "R" Us. Zack put on a wool cap and sunglasses. "You look like a bank robber," I observed. "No toy is safe.
My father always told me that in this world we are going to make a truckload of mistakes, but the best mistake we can ever make is to err on the side of mercy
When you can carry five full dinner platters on your left arm, you should be able to vote, even if you're not eighteen.
I've never said this to a girl before." I bit my lip, waiting. "Well..." He looked down. "I'm not sure how to say this." He took a deep breath and announced, "I really like fighting evil with you.
...It isn't the problems along the way that make us or break us. It's how we learn to stand and face them that makes the difference.
Huevos up. Swing up to the window, swing back to Al B. Hall, who says, "Bless you, " and would I get him a bottle of Satan's Red-Hot Revenge for the eggs?Sure thing, Pastor.
You don't understand the power of loss when it first hits you like a baseball coming fast from an out-of-control pitcher....It's the third day after an injury when the pain really starts to throb.
a man who was, as we say in the restaurant business, one taco short of a combo platter.