Queen Bee Quotes

“Life’s a gift, that’s why they call today the present.”
― Dorothea Benton Frank, Queen Bee

“At the end of the day, you must live with who you’ve allowed yourself to become. But before you close your eyes for the last time, there will be a day of reckoning, even if it’s not the kind we’ve been taught to expect.”
― Dorothea Benton Frank, Queen Bee

“Work hard, love hard, be generous, be thoughtful, be brave, and know the value of sharing a great story, especially if it makes you laugh.”
― Dorothea Benton Frank, Queen Bee

“At her funeral service, our family’s reverend reminded me that “I feel great loss because I had great love.” Nothing could be more true, because that is the price of great love.”
― Dorothea Benton Frank, Queen Bee

“Remember Tolstoy? He said something pretty clever. He said, “One can no more approach people without love than one can approach bees without care.” Wouldn’t the world be a better place if we took that tiny bit of advice?”
― Dorothea Benton Frank, Queen Bee

“The colors are a little brighter. The air is a little sweeter. Jokes are funnier, love runs deeper, and life overall is richer.”
― Dorothea Benton Frank, Queen Bee

“Everyone was happy. That may seem to be an overly simplistic way to state the very complicated facts, but it was the truth. That happiness was so hard won. I had scars to prove it. We all did.”
― Dorothea Benton Frank, Queen Bee

“This was love, and I was astonished by its power.”
― Dorothea Benton Frank, Queen Bee

“So, tell me what else is happening in Holly World.”
― Dorothea Benton Frank, Queen Bee

“Laughter came easily. Kindness was in abundance. And we had a lot in common. Not to mention no small amount of heat for each other.”
― Dorothea Benton Frank, Queen Bee

“Something in me had changed when Archie asked me if I wanted Sharon’s cats. I thought then that if I didn’t start saying what it was that I wanted, I shouldn’t expect to get it. Archie got so off base about me because I let him be so off base about me. I was never clear.”
― Dorothea Benton Frank, Queen Bee

“My days there utterly vibrate with excitement. The work is scintillating,” I”
― Dorothea Benton Frank, Queen Bee

“Even Momma, hard-hearted as she may have seemed, felt very badly for the boys.”
― Dorothea Benton Frank, Queen Bee

“Little boys are fragile creatures. In our society we rear them to rise above emotional outbursts, to be the stronger sex, to bravely go to war, even though women make up about 20 percent of our armed forces now. But inside their hearts, all small humans are the same—tender and sweet and in need of just as much guidance in forming values and learning manners, and for someone to shape their ambition, hear what’s on their heart, and do something about it. They are just trying to navigate their way into the world, and it’s impossible to do it alone and do it well. Children need advocates”
― Dorothea Benton Frank, Queen Bee

“Little boys are fragile creatures. In our society we rear them to rise above emotional outbursts, to be the stronger sex, to bravely go to war, even though women make up about 20 percent of our armed forces now. But inside their hearts, all small humans are the same—tender and sweet and in need of just as much guidance in forming values and learning manners, and for someone to shape their ambition, hear what’s on their heart, and do something about it. They are just trying to navigate their way into the world, and it’s impossible to do it alone and do it well. Children need advocates.”
― Dorothea Benton Frank, Queen Bee

“I just really thought children needed to believe in something greater than themselves. Everyone did. If they could manage it, that is.”
― Dorothea Benton Frank, Queen Bee