Elsbeth Beaumont Quotes & Sayings

Memoirs are a well-known form of fiction. — Frank Harris

One should always sleep in all of one's guest beds, to make sure that they are comfortable. — Eleanor Roosevelt

I know I look like a piece of sausage to those lions. A sausage with braids. — Cody Lundin

Oh, my god!" I said, throwing my hands over my eyes and hurtling my body against the counter.
"What?"
"You're naked."
"I'm not naked."
"I'm blind."
"You're not blind. I'm wearing pants."
"Oh." That was embarrassing. — Darynda Jones

If something boils up under stress later, I remind myself to breathe and focus back to how I decided my day was going to go. It's simple but it works. — Beth Riesgraf

It had been so ugly, and Walter hated ugliness. — L.M. Montgomery

You have no control over how much talent you possess. You control only what you do with it. — John C. Maxwell

Have you ever wished you were somebody else? We all have at some point. But eventually we come to realize that the body, mind and circumstances we were born with - even if they seem 'imperfect' to us - can all be used to create a beautiful and meaningful life. The choice is always ours - continue to wish - or accept and improve upon the gifts we've been given. — Ron Atchison

One of the hardest things in the world is to perform on record and get someone to enjoy and feel what you're doing. It's unlike, like TV you can, you can fake it with the face and the crying and the bits. Recording is completely different. — Ben E. King

Father-daughter incest is not only the type of incest most frequently reported but also represents a paradigm of female sexual victimization. The relationship between father and daughter, adult male and female child, is one of the most unequal relationships imaginable. It is no accident that incest occurs most often precisely in the relationship where the female is most powerless. The actual sexual encounter may be brutal or tender, painful or pleasurable; but it is always, inevitably, destructive to the child. The father, in effect, forces the daughter to pay with her body for affection and care which should be freely given. p4 — Judith Lewis Herman

But remember, this power of the people on top depends on the obedience of the people below. When people stop obeying, they have no power. — Howard Zinn

For Sid, playing with monsters was the equivalent of playing with genders. — W. Freedreamer Tinkanesh

It's in the silence that I'm most able to hear the tiny voices that tell me I'm not good enough, smart enough, or cool enough. I try to hear them for what they are: my own creations. Sitting with them, letting them speak, hearing them out, and giving them back the silence that I'm now sitting in has shown me that, quite often, they shut up. — Eric Lange

It was odd. As a girl, Sophie would have shriveled with embarrassment at the way she was behaving. As an old woman, she did not mind what she did or said. She found that a great relief. — Diana Wynne Jones

My wife and I try not to get into each other's work too much. — Patrick Dempsey