If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say Quotes

“And of course he was right, but there was still something in the idea that appealed to me, of cutting apart my body piece by piece, my skin and my brain and my lips and my tongue, giving it all away until there was nothing left in me for anyone to object to. Until I was just a pathetic collection of fingernails and veins, and everyone would feel guilty for their roles in tearing me to scraps.”
― Leila Sales, If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say

“You don't have to win every fight or make everyone love you or be the cleverest person in the room. You don't even have to raise your hand or answer every question on a test or get to every class on time. You just have to keep living.”
― Leila Sales, If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say

“Living is brave. Quitting is cowardly.”
― Leila Sales, If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say

“She has to learn to live with the consequences of her actions. We can't teach her that every time she made a mistake, we'll be here to clean up after her.”
― Leila Sales, If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say

“That would make my job much easier. Unfortunately, the internet is like an elephant: it doesn't forget.”
― Leila Sales, If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say

“If your child shows an aptitude or a passion for something, encourage her toward it and do whatever it takes to allow her to continue pursuing it. Give her all the resources she needs, but let her decide how to use them.”
― Leila Sales, If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say

“Don't get too involved in your children's lives. Don't tell your kids what to do; just foster the right worldview in them so that they will choose to do the right things.”
― Leila Sales, If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say

“You'll be fine. Children are like plants. Just water them twice a week and turn them toward the sun.”
― Leila Sales, If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say

“You´ll be fine. Children are like plants. Just water them twice a week and turn them toward the sun”
― Leila Sales, If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say

“When we decide someone is an angel, she is an angel only until she falls from the sky. But when we decide someone is a villian, she is a villian forever. Everything she says or does is only more proof of her villainy. She cannot be redeemed.”
― Leila Sales, If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say

“Fame seems from afar like one of those things that´s inherently great. Like owning a pony! It´s only once you get it that you realize your pony is in fact a wild stallion. It will turn on you. It will wreak havoc. It will run away . It cannot be contained.”
― Leila Sales, If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say

“You have to keep living your life, babycakes. That's all you can do. You don't have to win every fight or make everyone love you or be the cleverest person in the room. You don't even have to raise your hand or answer every question on a test or get to every class on time. You just have to keep living”
― Leila Sales, If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say

“Every year, Yom Kippur goes like this: all the Jews of the world spend hours and hours praying that the wicked will be vanquished and that evil will evaporate from the Earth. Now, for the first time in my life, I felt bad for the wicked. What if they didn't want to be vanquished, even though that would be better for the world? What if they didn't want to evaporate?”
― Leila Sales, If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say

“Why couldn't my sins stay at sea? Why did they seep back into me every time?”
― Leila Sales, If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say