Angela Romanelli > Angela's Quotes

“Happiness is a choice. Happiness is a habit. And happiness is something you have to work hard at. It does not just happen.”
― Leslie Jordan, How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived

“When our country was erupting in protests and marches, asking for the end of injustice against African American men and women, I was somewhat chastised by many of my followers for not speaking out against systemic racism.

That was the first time it really occurred to me that I had a voice on this new platform.

I had a strong voice. A voice that people wanted to hear...There is an old Southern expression: "I don't got a dog in that fight." But I immediately realized that was never going to be the case when it comes to standing up to racial injustice. We all "got a dog in that fight.”
― Leslie Jordan, How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived

“Don’t be ashamed for liking them. The backlash against the PSL is a perfect example of how toxic masculinity permeates even the most mundane things in life. If masses of women like something, our society automatically begins to mock them. Just like romance novels. If women like them, they must be a joke, right?”
― Lyssa Kay Adams, The Bromance Book Club

“[Young people] aren’t allowed to have any opinions. People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but it doesn’t stop you having your own opinion. Even if people are still very young, they shouldn’t be prevented from saying what they think.”
― Anne Frank

“I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“Our parents did the best they could with the light they had to see with.”
― Leslie Jordan, How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived

“I think our dreams are what sustain us in hard times. Dreams are what keep us childlike. I love that they can grow and expand as we grow and expand.”
― Leslie Jordan, How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived

“I'm more along the lines of a Dolly Parton. What you see is what you get!”
― Leslie Jordan, How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived

“Honey, if embellishment were a sin, I would be sitting in a roaring fire with Beelzebub right now.”
― Leslie Jordan, How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived