Barbara > Barbara's Quotes

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“Motherhood is about raising and celebrating the child you have, not the child you thought you would have. It's about understanding that he is exactly the person he is supposed to be. And that, if you're lucky, he just might be the teacher who turns you into the person you are supposed to be.”
― Joan Ryan, The Water Giver: The Story of a Mother, a Son, and Their Second Chance

“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl

“The longer I live, the more I observe that carrying around anger is the most debilitating to the person who bears it.”
― Katharine Graham

“I am stronger than my trials.”
― Dan Wells, Partials

“You didn't kill him. He would have killed you, but you didn't kill him."
"So? He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn't have time to sleep.”
― Tamora Pierce, In the Hand of the Goddess

“Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people.”
― Tamora Pierce, Melting Stones

“Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it”
― Lou Holtz, Wins, Losses, and Lessons

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

“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
― George R. R. Martin

“Books may well be the only true magic.”
― Alice Hoffman

“I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.”
― Orhan Pamuk, The New Life

“Anything worth having is worth fighting for.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Heaven, Texas

“She glared at him. "You're doing it again."
"What?"
"That thing that irritates me."
"Smiling?"
"Yes. That.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Nobody's Baby But Mine

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

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

“This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soulmate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

“Be brave to stand for what you believe in even if you stand alone.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Don't just aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.”
― Denzel Washington