Migdalia Patterson Quotes & Sayings

Rasheed was a fixed entity, an unchanging, finished, permanent person, and the thought of teaching him anything was as unthinkable as training a turtle to sing. Turtles cannot sing and fathers cannot change. Neither fact demands alteration. — Karim Dimechkie

He would say her name over and over until it devolved into meaningless sounds - mah REI kuh, mah REI kuh - it became an entry in a dictionary of loneliness. — Audrey Niffenegger

Because I am Olympic champion, everyone assumes I am this perfect athlete who should never lose. Every time I step in the ring, I am expected to win. — Jade Jones

When people tell you, "No," just smile and tell them, "Yes, I can." — Julie Foudy

(He had already figured out a great universal truth, that people never asked for documentation of anything, as long as you asked them for documentation first.) — Charlie Jane Anders

So when a dragon is directly over you, well, even if you're me and you're kind of used to it, your medulla oblongata is still telling you 'the sky is falling, you're about to die, run like hell. — Robin McKinley

The imagination is like a muscle: it strengthens through use. — John Kao