Liz Lazarus > Liz's Quotes

“Joy is the best makeup.”
― Anne Lamott, Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith

“This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.”
― Annie Dillard, The Living

“The way you start writing is by writing. Over and over again I have proven this to myself but I always forget it the next time. I always believe that I will never write again. The first time I finished a book a painter was visiting me. Her name is Ginny Stanford and her wonderful paintings have been the covers for nine of my books.
'I'll never write again,' I told her ... 'That's it ... It's over. It was great while it lasted, but now it's done.'
That afternoon she made me a wonderful drawing of a ship sinking in the waves of the sea. 'I'll never write again,' it said on the bottom of the picture. 'September, 1981.”
― Ellen Gilchrist, The Writing Life

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.”
― Thomas Jefferson

“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
― Terry Pratchett

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

“This is what I came up with: My mother is not only presenting me an opportunity to love unconditionally, she’s also allowing me to practice being comfortable with what is uncomfortable. To grieve and also embrace what is broken. To know that some days I can receive who my mother is now and some days I struggle with it. To allow that two opposing thoughts may exist in my head at the same time.”
― Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Where the Light Gets In: Losing My Mother Only to Find Her Again

“She thought about how marvelous is would be to have a wife keeping the house in order, the meals on the table. At the same time it seemed ridiculously unfair that she could never have a wife. In fact, if she married, she would be expected to be the wife.”
― Robin Cook, Coma