Theresa Grissom > Theresa's Quotes

“Did he really just poop a rainbow? Seriously, did that just happen? Because I saw it happen.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Girl Who Could Not Dream

“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,
Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall.
Then fill the shelves with lots of books.”
― Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

“What if I never see it again?
What if nobody ever finds it?
My poor hat.
I miss it so much.”
― Jon Klassen, I Want My Hat Back

“The only thing you'll find on the summit of Mount Everest is a divine view. The things that really matter lie far below.”
― Roland Smith, Peak

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“I'm rightly tired of the pain I hear and feel, boss. I'm tired of bein on the road, lonely as a robin in the rain. Not never havin no buddy to go on with or tell me where we's comin from or goin to or why. I'm tired of people bein ugly to each other. It feels like pieces of glass in my head. I'm tired of all the times I've wanted to help and couldn't. I'm tired of bein in the dark. Mostly it's the pain. There's too much. If I could end it, I would. But I can't.”
― Stephen King, The Green Mile

“Roses are red, violets are blue, I have five fingers, the middle one is for you.”
― Gena Showalter, The Queen of Zombie Hearts

“Sometimes when you're surrounded by dirt...you're a better witness for what's beautiful.”
― Matt de la Pena, Last Stop on Market Street

“I thought of all my sickness, all my anger, all my fear. All that was just the darkness, just the storm. I got lost in it. But there's always the other side of the storm. And the people who get you there.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“Science is asking questions. And living is not being afraid of the answer”
― Tae Keller, The Science of Breakable Things

“You can’t always protect breakable things. Hearts and eggs will break but you keep going anyway, because science is asking questions and living is not being afraid of the answer.”
― Tae Keller, The Science of Breakable Things

“Being a parent is a kind of promise. A promise to stand by someone even if you think they're making a mistake. To love who you get, not who you think you're going to get.”
― Gillian McDunn

“Make good decisions and remember who you are." "Make good decisions and remember who loves you.”
― Gary D. Schmidt, Pay Attention, Carter Jones