Alaura Fried Quotes & Sayings

Librarians save lives: by handing the right book, at the right time, to a kid in need — Judy Blume

In retrospect, the most unnerving aspect of being openly gay was that it turned out to be as disappointingly normal as being straight. — Lance Loud

Heracles' heroic world and Deianeira's warmth and tenderness are mutually exclusive. Sophocles seeks not to vindicate the one against the other, but to dramatize the tragedy of their irreconcilability and their mutual destructiveness. — Charles Segal

I work a lot and I like to get out and work but the work I do to make the other work work I'm not very good at. — David Cross

In most cases, no matter what it is, if you measure it and reward it, people will try to excel at it — Marcus Buckingham

I should live each day as if it were significant, as if everyday the fate of the world depended on my action. — Robin Hobb

I feel more beautiful than I've ever felt because I've given birth. I have never felt so connected, never felt like I had such a purpose on this earth. The best thing about having a daughter is having a true legacy. The word love means something completely different now. — Beyonce Knowles

Any time someone gives you drugs, the purpose is to subdue. Always. Whether it is from a dealer, a friend, your mother/brother/sister/son, or your government
especially your government
the intention is to subdue, and always to feed another motive. Why?
Because in getting high, your power and your intellect are blunted. Can the motive ever be in your best interests? Governments notoriously use sex, drink, and drugs to subdue their people. Notoriously. And we're falling for it. — Northern Adams

Todd Rundgren is a genius, and I don't use that word a lot. — Jim Steinman