Cognetta Quotes & Sayings

And I hope you will not think me foolish when I also extend my thanks.
Thank you, Michael, for letting my son love her first.
- from Janet Stirling, dowager Countess of Kilmartin, to Michael Stirling, Earl of Kilmartin — Julia Quinn

From the time the Joshua tree was a tiny sapling, it had been so beaten down by the whipping wind that, rather than trying to grow skyward, it had grown in the direction that the wind pushed it. It existed now in a permanent state of windblowness, leaning over so far that it seemed ready to topple, although, in fact, its roots held it firmly in place.
pg. 35 — Jeannette Walls

It is often difficult to admit that someone you love is not perfect, or to consider aspects of a person that are less than admirable. — Lemony Snicket

You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities. — Barbara Bush

Although their parents died in the wilderness for their stubbornness, Israel could profit from the older generation's failure by remembering that God had used adversity to train them. — Max Anders

Do you know that maxim "Write what you know"? Nonsense. That saying lets us off the hook for our more narcissistic impulses and for not trying to understand the world around us. The more a person learns - and this does not mean you need to get a PhD before you can work, merely that you nurture your curiosity and imagination - the more nuanced and complex his or her work becomes. Think — Jessa Crispin

Blessing Number One. Thank you for getting old because it means you are getting to live. — Janet Turpin Myers

I believe that challenges can push us beyond what we might otherwise be able to accomplish. — Jim Abbott

Well," I say, far beyond curious at this point, "I can't wait to hear what you've got to say about this." I — J.A. Huss