Avalene Cantini Quotes & Sayings

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

Every cataclysm is welcomed by somebody; there is always someone to rejoice at disaster and see in it the prospect of a new beginning and a better world. — Iain Pears

Okay, okay. No kissing. No touching. No flirting. He touched his fingers to his forehead in mock salute. — Kitty French

Bunts lead to more big innings than anything else. — Mitch Williams

In one day, I got mistaken for three different actresses: Wendy Williams, Sherri Shepherd, and Star Jones. — Niecy Nash

Hangings, beheadings, impalement, oh my! — Mark Lawrence

Every effort is made to control information. Secrecy is just one of the toggles on their control board. The mindset is in place, and they've done a lot of hiring over eight years, not just political appointees. And they've done a lot of firing or driving people out who might have countermanded or resisted. So, institutionally, it's not going to be simply a matter of flipping the switch to undo it. You're going have to bring in people dedicated to transparency, and you have to demonstrate that there are rewards for candor. — Ted Gup

Common sense in reflecting on these subjects, I assured my friend with some warmth, is merely a stupid absence of imagination and mental flexibility. — H.P. Lovecraft

Men famed for wit, of dangerous talents vain,
Treat those of common parts with proud disdain;
The powers that wisdom would, improving, hide,
They blaze abroad, with inconsid'rate pride;
While yet but mere probationers for fame,
They seize the honor they should then disclaim:
Honor so hurried to the light must fade,
The lasting laurels nourish in the shade. — George Crabbe

The Christians are always singing about the blood. Let us give them enough of it! Let us cut their throats and drag them over the altar! And let them drown in their own blood! I dream of the day when the last priest is strangled on the guts of the last preacher. — Gus Hall

Everybody welcome-especially elders who smoke. — Jacob De Jager

Why not dream your own wonderful sequels? When you have finished a book, it can go on in your mind, the characters doing just what you want them to do. — Marguerite Henry