Lauren Myracle Quotes
We are all flawed, my dear. Every one of us. And believe me, we've all made mistakes. You've just got to take a good hard look at yourself, change what needs to be changed, and move one, pet.
One: Don't play leapfrog with elephants. Two: Don't pet a tiger unless his tail is wagging. Three: Never, ever, mess with the Ladies Auxiliary. -Mayberry Rules for a Long, Happy Life
Kids are smart. Knowledge is power. Let them figure things out. Don't turn into that grown-up who they won't come to.
Prancing around with marshmallowss on your nipples does *not* constitute living your life fully!
I didn't like being alone. Being alone was slightly better than having to deal with people, that's all. Or so I'd convinced myself.
What is 'power' anyway? Power is an ego trip. Power is a way to rise yourself up by lowering others, and I want nothing of it.
Some people do want to stand on the rooftop and scream out their story. Others are cowering in the corner, or sitting with a blank face in class, and not knowing how to tell their story.
I was just teasing," I say. "I myself don't like to eat plain butter, but hey, it's a free world.
Also, as an author, character has always been what I'm most interested in - much more so than plot or setting, although those are good things too.
Hey. What is it that famous person said? 'It'll all work out in the end, and if it doesn't, that means it's not the end yet'?
Yes, that man acted ugly," she told us in plain English. "But throwing more ugliness back at him ain't the answer.
But you have to live in the present. You have to take the old and make it new -- that's my point.
I think that ties in with issues of identity as well - that sometimes there are parts of us we want to hide, and then there's other times we say, "You know what? Nope. Done hiding that part."
And books are such an empowering way to give voice to some of these kids who aren't yet ready to tell their story. Or don't know what their story is, or are trying to figure it out.
It's unfair how the kids who are starving for attention tended to be so annoying that people had no inclination to give it to them.
I loved everyone who said yes to the world and tried to make it better instead of worse, because so much in the world was ugly- and just about all the ugly parts were due to humans.
I'm in loooove with this boy, and when you in love with someone, you don't give up on 'em, mo matter what.
Sometimes when we forget to do things for others, it's because we're too wrapped up in our own problems.
I suppose she's right. It's like a metaphor for life: No one wants an ornery old goat, but we can't resist opening the door ayway. We can't keep from hoping.
I was just teasing, " I say. "I myself don't like to eat plain butter, but hey, it's a free world.
She felt justified in hurting him, because he had hurt her...but now all her justifications fell away like dead butterflies...
You will love the ocean. It makes you feel so... I don't know. Small, but not in a bad way. Small because you realize you're part of something bigger.
You've just got to take a good hard look at yourself, change what needs to be changed, and move on.
Can you just trust in our love, without asking me to prove it every single second?
You're allowed to have thoughts, she reminded herself. Just because others might scoff, that doesn't mean you won't anymore.
But he thought that if the world was layered with meaning, then she was the evidence, right here.
Its not what the universe gives us that matters, but what we give the universe
Silly girl, it's not what the universe gives us that matters. It's what we give the universe.
Any sentence that combined "I love you" and "but" could not be good.
I feel like a three-dimensional girl in a two-dimensional world.
It wasn't that he didn't love me, because I knew he did. As for me, I loved him so much it hurt.
One: Don't play leapfrog with elephants.Two: Don't pet a tiger unless his tail is wagging.Three: Never, ever, mess with the Ladies Auxiliary.-Mayberry Rules for a Long, Happy Life
