"As I examine my life through this book, I can't help but wonder if my mother was right. Maybe I really was what I ate. And maybe if she'd let me eat a little more sugar, I'd have come out sweeter."
— Jen Lancaster (Pretty in Plaid: A Life, a Witch, and a Wardrobe, or, the Wonder Years Before the Condescending, Egomanical, Self-Centered Smart-Ass Phase)
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
—Erica Jong
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
-Winston Churchill
Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand.
Origin: Native American
The eyes believe themselves; the ears believe others.
-German Proverb
Don't wish me happiness-I don't expect to be happy. It's gotten beyond that somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor-I will nee them all.
-Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Books may be the only true magic.
-Alice Hoffman
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