Sheilagh Ogilvie Quotes & Sayings

The middle class and upper middle class are highly attached to the institution of school explicitly as a sorting mechanism, as a way of justifying privileges of which middle-class members are already central beneficiaries. These critics suggest that the entire notion of schools as meritocracies actually reifies and reinforces class privilege--making those whom school rewards (those who already have a lot of benefits) feel they deserve the privileges they have. — Kirsten Olson

Dammit, mouth, do not engage before brain. — Lorelei James

I don't know if you can empathize, but it hurts when someone you love dumps you."
"You're joking, right?" said Chuck. "How do you think I wound up in the pound? At least grid boy didn't try to have you gassed. I still don't know what I did to those people. Or why you like that grid asshole so much."
"He's not only an asshole," I said, sorry to have to defend him. "At first he was smart and sexy and fun."
"How was he fun?" said Chuck. "Did he play ball? No. Did he bring meaty snacks? No. And he made such a big fucking deal when I drooled on his pants. How much fun was that? — Merrill Markoe

Our health - and indeed our entire lives - can be seen as the sum of all our moment-to-moment decisions. This includes how we choose to eat and drink, think and feel, act and react, and move and rest on any given day. — Kelly A. Turner

I've learned how to take out my own stitches: all you need is a pair of fingernail clippers & a strong stomach. — Lance Armstrong

He knew what he knew: that the real world was full of magic, so magical worlds could easily be real. — Salman Rushdie

Writing sketches, you're also learning about a journey and characters, and you translate that to bigger things. — Jim Rash

With enough hope, you can set a fire to find the way out of the darkness. — Serena Smith

It's weird and normal and hot and sad and strange and I don't really want to let go. — Colleen Hoover

Faking it in front of a guy's family is hardly a common occurrence in my life. How about yours?
FAKING IT TO MAKING IT — Ally Blake

As we get deeper, we move closer and closer to other people; we feel closer to life as a whole. — Eknath Easwaran

Your heart has a little empty corner. You won't even know I'm there
I'll be very quiet. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt

The stupid person's idea of the clever person. [on Aldous Huxley, in Spectator magazine, 1936] — Elizabeth Bowen