Tillerman Quotes & Sayings

The people they had been last summer, the person she had been
Dicey guessed she'd never be afraid again, not the way she
had been all summer. She had taken care of them all, sometimes well, sometimes badly. And they had covered the distances.
For most of the summer, they had been unattached. Nobody knew who they were or what they were doing. It didn't matter
what they did, as long as they all stayed together. Dicey remembered that feeling, of having things pretty much her own way.
And she remembered the feelings of danger. It was a little bit like being a wild animal, she thought to herself.
Dicey missed that wildness. She knew she would never have it again.
And she missed the sense of Dicey Tillerman against the whole world and doing all right. — Cynthia Voigt

People change their behavior and thinking not because they are "told to be different" but when the conditions are present that require and empower them to figure out what to do and to act on a plan. Try giving teenagers a lot of advice and see if it changes behavior. They probably don't look at you and say, "Gee, Dad, or Mom, thanks for explaining reality to me. Now I will run out and do it." But if you provide context - by listening, sharing information and positive examples, setting expectations and consequences, creating a healthy emotional climate, and challenging them to do their best - they will figure it out and implement it. That is a lot better than just "telling them what to do. — Henry Cloud

When I was a kid we had a sandbox. It was a quicksand box. I was an only child ... eventually. — Steven Wright

I need good coffee!" I say in horror. "It's my only luxury!"
I can't live with my parents and drink bad coffee. It's not humanly possible.
Becky talking about cutting back with her parents. — Sophie Kinsella

Critics can't even make music by rubbing their back legs together. — Mel Brooks

To me, if life boils down to one thing, it's movement. To live is to keep moving. — Jerry Seinfeld

Make sure your characters are worth spending ten hours with. That's how long it takes to read a book. Reading a book is like being trapped in a room for ten hours with those characters. Think of your main characters as dinner guests. Would your friends want to spend ten hours with the characters you've created? Your characters can be loveable, or they can be evil, but they'd better be compelling. If not, your reader will be bored and leave. — Po Bronson

A person you excuse from any genuine challenge is a person you do not truly respect. — John McWhorter

move up to another level in your career and personal life, then — John C. Maxwell

What i know from history is this: Those who do not appreciate their freedom and aren't prepared to protect it, will lose it. — Christina Engela

This is how we court girls in America. We grab them and kiss them. And if they don't like it, we do it again, harder and longer, until they surrender. It saves us hours of witty repartee. — Lisa Kleypas

That's something in you, something in your guts and soul, imprinted on you, something written on your heart from that first touch that doesn't go away. — Shelly Crane

Hey, as long as you're not moving the story forward at all, why not have a pod race? — Wil Wheaton

Oliver North says he is very upset that John Walker could come back to this country and cash in on his celebrity status. He hates to see someone who did something wrong get rewarded by writing a book or getting a TV show out of it. — Jay Leno