Rodale Inc Quotes & Sayings

From my earliest memories, I loved the farm. My grandfather was a charter subscriber to Rodale's Organic Gardening and Farming Magazine and had a huge, well kept garden with an octagonal chicken house in the corner. — Joel Salatin

If you fainted, I would catch you, my Lady Scandalous, he murmured. — Maya Rodale

Passion ought to be tempered with restraint. — Maya Rodale

Perhaps I shall take my fortune and retire to the country and read novels where other characters must bother with these sorts of troubles. — Maya Rodale

I cannot believe we had to read it in the paper - when we are your dearest school friends!" Lady Abernathy said sweetly.
"Yes, we were so close," Emma replied, just as sweetly. "Like England and China."
Lady Abernathy paused to puzzle over that. — Maya Rodale

What are you reading?"
She replied without once taking her eyes off the page. "I am reading the sort of sentimental novel men dismiss as rubbish but could actually stand to learn a thing or two from."
"That's an awfully long title," he remarked dryly. — Maya Rodale

Sometimes, you must play by the rules. If only so one can break them more effectively. — Maya Rodale

Well, 'I'm sorry' is just a thing to say, you see. I'm trying not to be so apologetic and obsequious all the time. It's just such a habit ... — Maya Rodale

Organic is something we can all partake of and benefit from. When we demand organic, we are demanding poison-free food. We are demanding clean air. We are demanding pure, fresh water. We are demanding soil that is free to do its job and seeds that are free of toxins. We are demanding that our children be protected from harm. We all need to bite the bullet and do what needs to be done - buy organic whenever we can, insist on organic, fight for organic and work to make it the norm. We must make organic the conventional choice and not the exception available only to the rich and educated. — Maria Rodale

In almost every garden, the land is made better and so is the gardener. — Robert Rodale

Anger will give you strength, where fear will make you weak. — Maya Rodale

If you do just one thing to change the world, go organic, — Maria Rodale

For the first time in my life I feel truly free, truly strong and comfortable with who I am and what I stand for. The future feels like an exciting adventure and I am a daring explorer ... who knows what I'll discover? But I know it's going to be fun! — Maria Rodale

She was beautiful and had a way of manipulating a man with a terrifying combination of tears and seductive smiles. — Maya Rodale

The kind of trouble that was the downfall of many men. — Maya Rodale

When a woman reads a romance novel, she is putting her own pleasure first. That small act of rebellion is perceived as a threat to the status quo. It's also why this eternally popular and profitable genre has been scorned, ridiculed and dismissed. — Maya Rodale

The problem with longstanding friends
they felt utterly free to go too far and to enjoy every step they took over the line. — Maya Rodale

I take it back. You're not stupid. But damn, you are insane. — Maya Rodale

Romance novels feature nuanced portrayals of female characters having adventures, making choices, and accepting themselves just as they are. When we say these stories are silly and unrealistic, we are telling young girls not to expect to be the heroines in their own real lives. — Maya Rodale

He drank, as a man is wont to do when confronted with his innermost emotions, particularly ones pertaining to the heart. — Maya Rodale

In which they are alone now and there doesn't seem to be anyone around. Sometime — Maya Rodale

The best crop of a garden, year after year, is hope. — Robert Rodale

He leaned against the door. Lord save her from men who leaned. — Maya Rodale

I can tell you that the only ting in the world that makes sense to me right now is you and me. — Lucy Connors

I am proud of all my ancestresses. They showed us that it's possible to do great things and still live a happy, pleasure filled life. So can I; so can you. — Maria Rodale

Fear drove people to do things they'd never imagine themselves capable of just to avoid it. — Maya Rodale

Before her, with sharp blue eyes and perfectly coiffed blond hair, was Josephine Marie Elizabeth Cavendish, Her Grace, the Duchess of Durham, widow of the fifth duke, and aunt to the Cavendish siblings.
One did not call her Josie. Amelia had asked. — Maya Rodale

What does wine do to men?"
"It makes them more foolish at a higher volume. — Maya Rodale

I hardly have any names on my dance card," Emma said, slightly despairing. This was not how she imagined her debut.
"There are just four names on mine," Olivia said. "But I think the gentlemen only agreed to escape my mother. I really can't blame them. — Maya Rodale

Women create an idealized, hopeful vision for the future to inspire other women. Fiction and fantasy are the crucial first steps to changing the world. — Maya Rodale