Paige Dearth > Paige's Quotes

“A little pinprick changed my whole life. That’s all it takes—it’s that quick.”
― Paige Dearth, A Little Pinprick

“Ain’t easy for a child to use their free will when adults dance with the devil.”
― Paige Dearth, A Little High

“JUST LISTEN

“When your mind is quiet and you listen closely, you will hear the children weeping silently. If you can’t quite hear their cries, then listen with your eyes. These are the children of the streets, who have learned pain and suffering before they ever had a chance to experience life. Do not ignore their cries for help, for all they wish is that you will rescue them. They do not have a family that wants them, they don’t know how it feels to be loved and they’ve never lived anywhere that felt like home…the streets are where they find their voice and relief from all of the suffering.

Just listen and you’ll see them.”
― Paige Dearth, When Smiles Fade

“The worst poverty isn’t about not having enough money to survive. Poverty of love is the worst thing you can be deprived of.”
― Paige Dearth, Never Be Alone

“It is our flaws that make each one of us so perfect.”
― Paige Dearth

“Maybe God had needed her to suffer so she could understand the suffering of others and help them heal.”
― Paige Dearth, Believe Like a Child

“Tony felt like the luckiest kid alive, with his new used winter coat. He realized then that people with nothing are grateful for everything, especially the small things in life, like satisfying basic human needs.”
― Paige Dearth, Mean Little People

“Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together”
― Marilyn Monroe

“Sometimes, we are so focused on what we want that we are blind to the things that make us happy. It’s just incredible, and when I focus on what is right in front of me, nothing else matters. All my worries vanish.”
― Paige Dearth, One Among Us

“Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood.”
― Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

“Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.”
― Zig Ziglar

“Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis.”
― Zig Ziglar, Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World

“A Mother who radiates self-love and self-acceptance actually VACCINATES her daughter against low self-esteem. ”
― Naomi Wolf

“The important thing in life is not where you came from,but where you are going.”
― Paige Dearth, Believe Like a Child

“Just because you have to eat shit doesn’t mean you have to become shit.”
― Paige Dearth, Believe Like a Child

“Today, I will start my life over. And tomorrow, I will build on today and carry on in the same way every day thereafter.”
― Paige Dearth, Believe Like a Child

“They shared a sensation that was as addictive as a needle full of heroin to a street junkie.”
― Paige Dearth, One Among Us

“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all—in which case, you fail by default.”
― J.K. Rowling

“The worst poverty isn’t about not having enough money to survive. Real poverty is when there is no one in the world who loves you. When there is no other human to make you feel like you matter. As if you aren’t worth the air you breathe. Poverty of love is the worst thing you can be deprived of.”
― Paige Dearth, Never Be Alone