Funny Farm Quotes

“You never know what you are capable of until the day comes when you have to go places you hadn’t planned on going.”
― Laurie Zaleski, Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

“To my astonishment, within minutes, the dogs dragged Chucky’s bed and toys from the porch to the grave site and started to play on the mound of freshly dug earth. Chucky was gone, but they still included him in their game. At that, the floodgates opened. Dennie’s face crumpled. He turned and strode quickly away. In my mind, I heard Mom’s voice: “Have a good cry, Laurie. The more you cry, the less you pee.”
― Laurie Zaleski, Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

“With every benchmark, he was living proof that it was possible to have a good life in spite of a disability, and it dawned on me that he could help teach that lesson to others.”
― Laurie Zaleski, Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

“Save one life, save the world.’ Kindness begets kindness. Small efforts inspire larger ones. If you stand up for mercy and compassion, others will stand with you. The ripple effect just goes on and on.”
― Laurie Zaleski, Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

“It’s been said that the body keeps score, and the feelings you try to ignore will make themselves known one way or another, whether you’re willing to face them or not.”
― Laurie Zaleski, Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

“Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket.”
― Laurie Zaleski, Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

“Many years ago, I made up my mind that, even if a person is 95 percent bad, you focus on the 5 percent that's good and decent---that's what you hold on to.”
― Laurie Zaleski, Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

“That was the end of church for Mom. She retained custody of the kids, and Dad got custody of God.”
― Laurie Zaleski, Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

“I dashed into my sister’s room just as Mom ran up to the second floor, followed by Dad, who held a carving knife. He barricaded the three of us—Mom, Cathy, me—in Cathy’s room, then lay in the doorway on the floor, the knife in his clenched hand.”
― Laurie Zaleski, Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

“In late February 2020, I got the call informing me that my father had toppled down the staircase of his home and died.”
― Laurie Zaleski, Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

“Kardashian ass implants.”
― Laurie Zaleski, Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals