Joann Quotes & Sayings

Yeah, over my scattered panties, I asked him to dinner and told him to bring a friend. - Laney — Joann I. Martin Sowles

One of the biggest comforts was that her mother once told her, "Never be afraid to talk with Jesus and tell Him your troubles. He's the best friend you'll ever have. — JoAnn Durgin

I've always loved books. My mother told me that before I could talk, I'd babble in my crib as I turned the pages of my little cloth books, apparently telling stories to go along with the pictures. — JoAnn Ross

Huh, a lovers quarrel with a vampire- seems like a fantastic idea! — Joann I. Martin Sowles

Beauty is all in how a woman responds to life's challenges, and grows from her experiences. — JoAnn Durgin

Each children is unique and have special personality. Comparing one child with other is a painful process. No one on this planet is same. Like two fingers of one hand is differ with each other same with children. They can't be same. They have some qualities in common but not all.
We made mistake or sometimes make their life hell by comparing them with others.
Children should be treated as they are in actual or real. If necessary, we can teach them to improve it but not scold them by comparing with others
For the healthy life of child , one should keep this in mind. — Joann Kinlaw

for in contrast to the restrictions imposed on respectable Greek women who only went out of the house as a last resort and even then fully covered, their Egyptian sisters were not only allowed out, but attended market and 'are employed in trade while the men stay at home and do the weaving'. Further unnatural practices meant that Egyptian 'women pass water standing up, men sitting down', — Joann Fletcher

Theres something alluring and dangerous about him, but comforting and protective. When I think about him, my stomach knots, my heart rate quickens and ... and I could go on ... -Laney — Joann I. Martin Sowles

I've always found ideas everywhere, but my favorite place is Nordstrom, because of their liberal return policies for those ideas that don't work out. — JoAnn Ross

My boyfriend is a vampire and I'm okay with it. - Laney — Joann I. Martin Sowles

Don't sit back and watch other people live out your dreams — JoAnn Michael Young

I was fortunate to sell at a time of great sea change in the romance genre; suddenly heroines were allowed to be portrayed as having rich, fulfilling lives. They didn't need a man for security or self-esteem, but having that one very special man in their lives proved the icing on the cake. — JoAnn Ross

One of the reasons writers are never satisfied with their work is because they're always striving to do better. — JoAnn Ross

Bruises fade. Death is permanent. — JoAnn Ross

Reporters ... most were carrion who fed on human tragedy. — JoAnn Ross

accepted Randy's offer to sit beside him at the town's Fourth of July ice cream social and band concert, he'd marched up the gazebo steps and announced his — JoAnn Durgin

What if each child was taught from the cradle to sing the song of peace...would the cynics not call it foolish, saying that to be gentle is to be weak? But I tell you that until we are as innocent and pure as doves, our journey will be long and the way dark. Raise doves, not wolves. — Joann Davis

Make me a channel of your peace
Where there is hatred, let me sow love
Where there is injury, let me sow pardon
Where there is doubt, let me sow faith
Where there is despair, let me sow hope
Where there is sadness, let me sow joy
Where there is darkness, let me bring light
For it is in giving that we receive
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life
For this is the Law of Substitution — Joann Davis

Swallowing hard, he pushed on. "Show me how to trust in you, Lord. Show me how to give you all of me, and not just the parts I'm willing to give. I ask these things in the name of your Son, Jesus. Amen. — JoAnn Durgin

Life consists of two sides ... light and dark. Joy and sorrow. Without a balance, one cannot fully experience a full and well-rounded life. — JoAnn Ross

This building fool could only be Bess of Hardwicke, a woman whose name is seldom seen in print without the word "redoubtable" in front of it. I wondered if anyone ever called her redoubtable to her face. I redoubted it. — JoAnn Spears

Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.'" Caleb nodded. "From the Book of John." "Yes," she said quietly. "It's one of my favorite verses of Scripture. In times of stress, I repeat that verse, as many times as needed. It never fails to help keep me calm. I've always found that giving Christ complete authority over my life brings an unbelievable freedom. The kind of freedom that nothing, or no one else, can. — JoAnn Durgin

Nothing about my life or my career has been linear. — JoAnn Ross

God will take the worst things and make them the best in your life. — JoAnn Koening

I got a lot of body paint on me in a short period of time. I would definitely do it again because Joann [Gair] is so brilliant, but I would definitely need, like, a good long break for it. — Ronda Rousey

Most of the writers I know have somehow managed to stay in touch with that inner child who's never heard of such a thing as an internal editor. — JoAnn Ross

Never get in the middle of someone else's quicksand. — JoAnn Ross

His arms wrapped around my waist from behind and he kissed my neck again, closer to the wound this time. My pulse accelerated. I wanted him to bite me; I wanted to be his. — Joann I. Martin Sowles

My lady,' said the servant girl, 'are those who sit at the table great if they are enslaved to their own selfish needs and wishes? Are those who serve the table less if they are free to love? The giver of love receives. The one who understands is understood. The one who consoles receives consolation...'

That day the servant was set free for saying strong things gently and gentle things strongly. — Joann Davis

We barely know who we are and yet we are forever searching for the answers to the most basic of questions. — Joann Buchanan

The truth is that not story or life lived goes on without the experiences changing you. For better or worse, life does that. The events that take place make you who you are. Sometimes they take more than you have to give. — Joann Buchanan

I've learned that when we allow Him to have complete control of our lives, then anything can happen. — JoAnn Durgin

In the sin department, she stood side-by-side with Eric, neither one better than the other. Both cleansed, forgiven, and redeemed by the precious blood of the Lamb. — JoAnn Durgin

Time doesn't heal the wounds; it masks them. It takes them and makes them something else. Some scars always remain. Some wounds always remain open and exposed. — Joann Buchanan

You've been the rabbi here for thirty years and these guys who've never set foot here want to decide who should be rabbi or not. And to lead prayer in Hebrew for Jews who speak Arabic, they want you to write in French. So I say they're nuts. — Joann Sfar

Seriously, I 've got to know if I need to protect you from people running with pencils." ~ Laney — Joann I. Martin Sowles

Mrs. Weslin was one of those women who had clearly had some work done. That or she had sold her soul to the devil and although that was probably a possibility, I was pretty sure none of the Weslins had souls to sell. — Joann I. Martin Sowles

I sometimes forget how calming the ocean can be, — JoAnn Bassett

Thank you for a wonderful night. Your carriage awaits downstairs. -Oliver — Joann I. Martin Sowles

I've always read suspense, so raising the stakes to life and death situations in my romance plots seemed natural. — JoAnn Ross

Any guy afraid to die was a guy who was afraid to live. — JoAnn Ross

Laney, I love you. I've found everything I've ever needed and wanted with you. I'm nothing without you.- Oliver — Joann I. Martin Sowles

God gives us only so many days to touch somebody's life in a special way, so we need to make them count. — JoAnn Durgin

At what point does reality imitate what we see in our dreams? — Joann Buchanan

little treasure as I can," Chloe's nanny said, closing the front door behind her. Dottie's children and three grandbabies lived in Alabama, so she didn't see them as often as she'd like. It was inevitable and only a matter of time before — JoAnn Durgin

Don't sit back and let other people live out your dreams — JoAnn Michael Young

... you're never alone if you've got a book for company. — JoAnn Ross

If you don't have a burning passion for writing, how can you expect anyone else to be moved by what you write? — JoAnn Ross

When one person got involved, it took everybody else along. I went to jail first, but my entire family soon joined the Movement. One time, Faith & I ended up at home w all the babies from 2 households, because the mamas & the other older sisters were in jail. In the morning we had to plait everybody's hair & feed them--it was a mess! We had all the babies except Peaches Gaines, who was in jail with her mother & my mother. Peaches was jailed because she had not obeyed an officer. She was about 2. Her bond was set at, I believe, $125.00. --Joann Christian Mants — Faith S. Holsaert

Life can catch you off guard. It smacks you in the face when you least expect it. There is nothing that you can do but accept what has been given to you and work with what you have. — Joann Buchanan

Yes " Morrison said dryly. "I'm sure it would have helped with flying the car, if any of us had been calm and rational enough to think of taking a drum out and performing some theme music for your Jame's Bond meets Harry Potter special effects. But since we weren't, now I'm going to drum till you stop looking like something the cat dragged in. Don't argue with me. — C.E. Murphy

Although brethren die for brethren, yet no martyr's blood is shed for the remission of sins: this Christ did for us, and in this conferred upon us not what we should imitate, but what should make us grateful," (August. Tract. in Joann. 84). — John Calvin

Moms are irreplaceable . They give you life and shape all you become. They are always there to listen and love you even when you're wrong. — Joann Buchanan

pretty mother of two young children — JoAnn Durgin

The velvet voice of her soul. — JoAnn Rackear Goldrich

Wes held my hand in front of Dad, who played it real easy, like I had boys around all the time. JoAnn said I was lucky, and she should know. Her father specialized in fear, being a life insurance salesman, and could bring a boy to his knees. — Joan Bauer

Each morning, when you awaken, promise the dawn that you'll keep your heart as light as a feather. Commit again each night at sunset. — Joann Davis

We sat there in silence for a few minutes before he asked, "Is having sex with a werewolf considered bestiality?" -Carter — Joann I. Martin Sowles

When everything in life is made to be broken----promises, dreams and hearts, all of them--it's the memories of perfect moments that get us through. — Joann Buchanan

Ann Boleyn...a Renaissance Audrey Hepburn in a little black dress. — JoAnn Spears

It is what it is...life. It goes on when we don't want it to. It moves forward when all you want to do is stand still or turn back. — Joann Buchanan

When we think about a child, which things attracts more towards them. what is the most appealing things about children. Is their physical beauty, their openess and loving nature, their innate humour ? according to me its their innocence which we all lost.
This is the quality which attract most to love kids, their innocence. Innocence is like free from the hurdles of this world,do whatever you want to do, not giving attention on what people will think, enjoy life and etc. children are so innocent that they don't care about the world. — Joann Kinlaw

Richards and Maureen Sherbondy, also contributed their ideas at various points in the story, as did my sister, Joann Scanlon, and my assistant, — Diane Chamberlain

While the romance genre has expanded so much over the years, in an odd way it's also narrowed, with too many people trying to stick stories into tight, well-defined marketing niches. It can, admittedly, be a tricky balancing act, but I believe the key is to be able to step back and take a long hard look at what you do well, what makes your work different from other writers, what feels the most natural to you when you're writing. — JoAnn Ross

Just because a cop smiles at you when he asks for your license and registration doesn't change the fact that he's carrying a loaded gun. — JoAnn Bassett