Peg Kehret Quotes & Sayings

Act like a criminal and that's how you'll be treated. — Peg Kehret

Books had taught me new ideas and had shown me ways of life that I would not have known about otherwise, and they offered a refuge when, like now, real life seemed too hard. — Peg Kehret

I had longed to come home but now that I was there, it wasn't much fun. Home wasn't the same if I couldn't sleep in my own bedroom or use the bathroom by myself. I felt like a stranger in those familiar rooms. — Peg Kehret

Now that I had finally confronted him, he had lost his power over me. — Peg Kehret

I wasn't inspired so much by a person as by reading many good books. I loved to write and I wondered if I might be able to write material that others would enjoy reading. — Peg Kehret

It made a good daydream, but I've learned that if you want dreams to come true, you have to take action. — Peg Kehret

Fear that comes from personal experience is far more real than fear based on someone else's ordeal. — Peg Kehret

I could not write my books without the library's help. Even with the ease of Internet research, I find books to be indispensable when I am writing. ... Books make me laugh, cry, and think. They give me insight into history, and into the lives of people in other cultures. They help me make important decisions, and they provide endless entertainment. Hooray for libraries! — Peg Kehret

Guests are people who come to your home to see you whine at the table, bark loudly, jump on women wearing pantyhose, and do other tricks which you wouldn't think of doing just for the family. — Peg Kehret

This minute is passing. And it will never come again. Never in all the world. When it is gone, it is gone. No power on earth could bring it back again. - Carson McCullers — Peg Kehret

If you can't save the forest, plant a tree. - Mr. Morrison, Humane Society volunteer — Peg Kehret