Wendy > Wendy's Quotes

“Look," said Janet, irritated, "if the thing you liked best to do in the world was read, and somebody offered to pay you room and board and give you a liberal arts degree if you would just read for four years, wouldn't you do it?”
― Pamela Dean, Tam Lin

“If only there could be an invention that bottled up a memory, like scent. And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then, when one wanted it, the bottle could be uncorked, and it would be like living the moment all over again.”
― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

“I swear, you are the only person I know who makes decisions based on what will provide the best material for a diary.”
― Rob Thomas, Rats Saw God

“Look, when do the really interesting things happen? Not when you've brushed your teeth and put on your pyjamas and are cozy in bed. They happen when you are cold and uncomfortable and hungry and don't have a roof over your head for the night.”
― Ellen Potter, The Kneebone Boy

“Dostoyevsky was her brother, Victorian children's books her passion and though she lived, when in funds, mainly on avocado pears, she took her bath each night with a different cookery book.”
― Eva Ibbotson, A Glove Shop in Vienna and Other Stories

“Every morning in the middle of nowhere, without electricity or anyone to impress, I'd take great care in picking out my outfit and hover in front of a business card-size mirror to apply my lip gloss and check my eyebrows. I also felt I had a strong case for bringing a little black dress on expeditions. Village parties spring up more often than you might expect, and despite never having been a Girl Scout, I like to be prepared.”
― Mireya Mayor, Pink Boots and a Machete: My Journey from NFL Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer

“I kept traveling down the road. And everywhere it was the same. What was my name, who were my people? What was I supposed to say? That my father is the president, and my mother is his slave?”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Jefferson's Sons

“Once Mo had closed the gates, he returned to his little stone hut, and his half-eaten sandwich of butter and canned sardines, and his mug of thick hot chocolate, which every night he poured carefully into a thermos labeled COFFEE.”
― Lauren Oliver, Liesl & Po

“You're a big sister?' I was shocked. She seemed so good-natured and compassionate.”
― Natalie Standiford, The Secret Tree

“I'm afraid your literary prizes don't give you any jurisdiction in this particular instance, sir.”
― Lizzie K. Foley, Remarkable

“Here at great expense,' [Colonel Groves] moaned to Oppenheimer, 'the government has assembled the world's largest collection of crackpots.”
― Steve Sheinkin, Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

“Why must we climb away to the seal-less parts of the world?”
― Margo Lanagan, The Brides of Rollrock Island

“It won't be a chore, it will be a garden,' Holena said.”
― Jeannie Mobley, Katerina's Wish

“But as she continued and finished her tale, I could tell that her heart was elsewhere, and when she excused herself to go to bed, she left without saying good night. After that, the princesses in her stories were always beautiful. Always.”
― Kelly Barnhill, Iron Hearted Violet

“Let's put on our Thinking Caps and see if we can't have an idea,' said Cricket, passing the caps around.”
― Anna Rose Wright, Whirligig House

“Some people aren't good at anything. Some people just really like donuts.”
― Lisa Graff, Absolutely Almost

“If you trust in yourself. . .and believe in your dreams. . .and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men

“How many people has this hotel eaten?”
― Kate Racculia, Bellweather Rhapsody

“I have never created anything in my life that did not make me feel, at some point or another, like I was the guy who just walked into a fancy ball wearing a homemade lobster costume.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear