Bemelmans Books Quotes & Sayings

What I found in Kabul was a sisterhood unlike any I had seen before, marked by empathy, laughter, courage, curiosity about the world, and above all a passion for work. — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

I was raised to volunteer: nursing homes, clinics, church nurseries, school, everywhere that could use help. It's such an intrinsic part of me, to use my life to help improve the quality of others. — Debby Ryan

When I go home to Pennsylvania, my cousins who live in small towns and are twenty-three with kids are like 'Krysten, when are you getting married?' 'When are you having a kid?' Honestly, those aren't the most important things to me right now. — Krysten Ritter

Our friendship--if I could even call it that--was obviously awkward and flawed, but at least it was honest. "~America Singer, — Kiera Cass

But there was so much injustice. As soon as one field of hatred and oppression was burned, another crop came into harvest. It never ended and Jane grew tired. — Walidah Imarisha

I don't keep any copy of my books around ... they would embarass me. When I finish writing my books, I kick them in the belly, and have done with them. — Ludwig Bemelmans

I'm very comfortable being naked. It's one of my favorite things to do. — Nadine Velazquez

Never grieve for me if it is my good fortune to die with my boots on. That's what I most hope for. — Maynard Owen Williams

Our food system takes abundant grain,which people can't afford,and shrinks it into meat,which better-off people will pay for. — Frances Moore Lappe

I'm taking it day by day. I liked saying this. It was honest, short, and seemed to satisfy people. — Jennifer Castle

I'm now on a journey to fulfill the wish, in my tiny capacity, of little African girls. — Leymah Gbowee

Professional writers have long described the way that the act of writing forces them to distill their vague notions into clear ideas. By putting half-formed thoughts on the page, we externalize them and are able to evaluate them much more objectively. This is why writers often find that it's only when they start writing that they figure out what they want to say. — Clive Thompson

We can paint unrealistic pictures of the juggler
displaying her now as a problem-free paragon of glamour and now as a modern hag.Or we can see in the juggler a real person who strives to overcome the obstacles that nature and society put in her path and who does so with vigor and determination. — Faye J Crosby

The river, the river itself, leaves marks but bears none. It is only water flowing in a path that other water has worn. — Wendell Berry

We're stars who run off of stars. — Stephanie Oakes

In the early morning hour, just before dawn, lover and beloved wake and take a drink of water. She asks, Do you love me or yourself more? Really, tell the absolute truth. He says, There is nothing left of me. I am like a ruby held up to the sunrise. Is it still a stone, or a world made of redness? It has no resistance to sunlight. The ruby and the sunrise are one. — Jalaluddin Rumi