Van Pelt Library Quotes & Sayings

[ ... ] the sense of entitlement [ ... ] is an attitude perfectly suited to succeeding in the modern world — Malcolm Gladwell

Some cities you go to because you want to; some cities you go to because they want you to. — Elif Shafak

I remember leaving the hospital - thinking, 'Wait, are they going to let me just walk off with him? I don't know beans about babies! I don't have a license to do this.' We're just amateurs. — Anne Tyler

Books were better than movies, — Eric Hobbs

Perfect and bulletproof are seductive, but they don't exist in the human experience. We must walk into the arena, whatever it may be - a new relationship, an important meeting, our creative process, or a difficult family conversation - with courage and the willingness to engage. Rather than sitting on the sidelines and hurling judgment and advice, we must dare to show up and let ourselves be seen. This is vulnerability. This is daring greatly. — Brene Brown

Once upon a time, novelists of the 19th century, such as Charles Dickens, published in serial form. — Margaret Atwood

The first rule of persuasion ... " "Don't you mean manipulation?" "You — Iris Johansen