Ecotone Quotes & Sayings

Even as a young child, I was a lover of books and of the spaces in which, as indeed in a sacred temple, books might safely reside. — Joyce Carol Oates

Let understanding, compassion, and kindness be the foundation of our religion and Earth be our place of worship. — Charles F. Glassman

For too long we have been protecting the ones who have hurt us by minimizing our trauma and deprivation. It's time to stop protecting them and start to protect ourselves. We have been told and feel that we are responsible for their emotional well-being. We are not. We are responsible only for ourselves. — Beverly Engel

In this age of innovation perhaps no experiment will have an influence more important on the character and happiness of our society than the granting to females the advantages of a systematic and thorough education. — Sarah Josepha Hale

The worst thing is that I don't even know what I don't know. — Anonymous

I live in an ecotone. Employment must coexist with goofing off. Responsibility must coexist with irresponsibility. — Benjamin Alire Saenz

Can't you see I'm already half dead. — Alice Walker

It will not be easy to let go of your deceased mother, who stands in her kitchen slicing potatoes and roast, who hacks ice from the sidewalk with shovels; she is marrow and bone, a kernel of morals, values, and lessons compacted like some astronomical amount of matter into tablespoons, one with sugar for your cereal, another, for your fever, with a crushed aspirin and orange juice. You love her. You mark time and space by her: she is someone you are always either near to or very far from. — Jill Sisson Quinn

It's a good thing that beauty is only skin deep, or I'd be rotten to the core. — Phyllis Diller

I wasn't sure what I had just agreed to, or what was waiting for me around the next bend. What I did know, could feel in every cell of my body, was that I had just made an unbreakable deal with the devil and paying up might mark my soul forever. — Jay Crownover

I believe reading books is one of the best ways to gain real empathy for people different from ourselves, and helping boys develop empathy for girls is a cause worth fighting for. — Shannon Hale