Joan Holub > Joan's Quotes

“Letter make words. Words make stories. And stories can be changed with strong enough magic.”
― Joan Holub, Rapunzel Cuts Loose

“It's one of my inventions-a shampoo," Athena explained. "Anyway, I didn't know it would do"-she gestured toward the snakes-"that.”
― Joan Holub, Athena the Brain

“From the pocket of her robe she pulled out the ring he’d given her, she put it over her finger, sliding it back and forth over her knuckle.
“Can I tell you something?” Dad asked.
“Yes. Please.”
“Any promise you make, whether it’s to your school, or your family, or to Billy, half of the promise is commitment and the other half, is faith. Faith that your commitment is enough. There’s no answer, honey. None.”
She stared down at her ring, his words like bells ringing in her head.”
― Molly O'Keefe, Naughty & Nice: Room at the Inn / All I Want for Christmas is You / One Perfect Christmas

“I was just telling Claire about a guy I met in bread class. I hate him, but he could be my soul mate.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost

“They had killed one another so frequently that murder had been an accepted part of life”
― Stephenie Meyer, The Host

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.”
― Mark Twain

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
― Steve Martin

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. (...) You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska