Babbity Bowster Quotes & Sayings

Chris, soap people are like
us-they seldom go outdoors. And when they do, we only hear about it,
never see it. They loll about in living rooms, bedrooms, sit in the
kitchens and sip coffee or stand up and drink martinis-but never, never
go outside before our eyes. And whenever something good happens,
whenever they think they're finally going to be happy, some catastrophe
comes along to dash their hopes. — V.C. Andrews

..All of us are vulnerable to intense, non-productive angry reactions in our current relationships if we do not deal openly and directly with emotional issues from our first family - in particular, losses and cutoffs. If we do not observe and understand how our triangles operate, our anger can keep us stuck in the past, rather than serving as an incentive and guide to form more productive relationship patterns for the future. — Harriet Lerner

Love is an excuse to put up with the shit that you shouldn't. That's how it gets you. It throws off the scales so that things that should weigh heavily don't seem to. It's a crock. A trap. — Sarah Dessen

Appreciation is an art and a lifestyle and a source of happiness and fulfillment. It's called gratitude-an attitude of gratitude. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi

Smiling through confusion is courage.
Smiling through tears is strength.
Smiling through pain is power.
Smiling through tragedy is greatness. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Cruelty is not the only way fathers can ruin their sons. Expectations can do the same damage. — Sarah MacLean

I am all for anything that is going to better equip a person who is physically challenged in any way, to have an opportunity to be able to do what they are able to do. — Stevie Wonder

With that he lifted her off him and deposited — Ben Boswell

All my other relationships with men, there was so much maneuvering and strategic decisions and stuff. — Carol Leifer

Poetry comes out of an elite experience, the experience of people whose ears are opened to the song of the universe. — Joseph Campbell

All my life I used to wonder what I would become when I grew up. Then, about seven years ago, I realized that I was never going to grow up
that growing is an ever ongoing process. — M. Scott Peck

Certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and if he be not kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. — Francis Bacon

Honestly, what can really be said about 'the Jewish people' as a whole? Is it not a lamentable stereotype to make large generalizations about all Jews, and to presume they all share the same political commitments? — Judith Butler

Death is like an old whore in a bar
I'll buy her a drink but I won't go upstairs with her — Ernest Hemingway,

The concept of the 'good ol' days' must be one of our society's biggest delusions, top reasons for depression, as well as most often used excuse for lack of success. — Bo Bennett