Rita > Rita's Quotes

“The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger is. And when anger is the boss, you get unintended consequences.”
― Jeanne Duprau, The City of Ember

“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.”
― Washington Irving

“I make mistakes; I'll be the second to admit it.”
― Jean Kerr, The Snake Has All the Lines

“He asked us if we'd like to do it [deliver the baby] today. Today? You mean, this day? The day that is this one?”
― Heather B. Armstrong, It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita

“For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.”
― T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

“When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.”
― Hilaire Belloc

“Nature is cruel, but we don't have to be.”
― Temple Grandin