Millhams Quotes & Sayings

Listen: it's got to be all honeymoon, always.
Either heaven, or hell:
no comfortable safe peaceful purgatory between
for you and me to wait in until good behavior or forbearance
or shame or repentance overtakes us. — William Faulkner

The number of books students read ... is among the best indicators of student reading development. — Mike Schmoker

Because everything worth having hurts. — Laurell K. Hamilton

If you think a caregiver has an active substance abuse problem, that person should never be entrusted with your child. — Emily Yoffe

Every day's a blessing, right? It's all in your control. — Martin Starr

If we are pure at heart, we would not wish one person well and not another. We should see there is no difference between one person or another. Then our pure thoughts can be evenly spread between all people. Sunshine can reflect on clean water but not on dirty water. God's light will be reflected by those persons with a pure heart. — Baba Hari Dass

What I write about is not war but the courage of man. — Cornelius Ryan

When life beats us down, we often do not feel worthwhile to ourselves nor to anyone else. Often, we try to hide our feelings of inadequacy in pursuit of perfection, which develops into self-loathing. If only we can be perfect, then we can be okay. — David W. Earle

It wasn't Dean's fault," Allie insists. "Seriously, it's all on me. I freaked out for no reason." She finally looks over at me. "See? This is why I don't like horror movies! You watch one scary movie when you're a kid and suddenly everyone who comes to your door is a serial killer."

"Are you kidding me right now? You'll watch a horror movie with my sister but not me? We have to watch the cancer movie?"

"Dicky," Summer chides. "You're being grumpy."

I glare at my sister with enough force to make her wince. "Not one word out of you," I snap. "And don't think I didn't feel you kick me right before I passed out. Who does that, Summer? Who kicks a man when he's down?"

From the corner of my eye, I see Tucker sink to the floor. He buries his face in his hands, shaking with laughter.

The EMT blocks my line of sight by squatting in front of me. "I need to examine you for a concussion."

Oh for fuck's sake. — Elle Kennedy

Teachers are the agents through which knowledge and skills are communicated and rules of conduct enforced. — John Dewey

So I wait for you like a lonely house
till you will see me again and live in me.
Till then my windows ache. — Pablo Neruda

I prefer to interact with people one-on-one. Any more than that, and the dynamic becomes competitive. — Laurie A. Helgoe

I still had some honor ... I still have some now. — Roman Polanski

Counting lines is probably a good idea if you want to print it out and are short on paper, but I fail to see the purpose otherwise. — Erik Naggum

All concepts of politics, of whatever kind, are about conflict--how to contain it, or abolish it. — Ralph Miliband