“Don‘t be afraid of the pain or less than perfect, daughter of mine. That‘s where the real joy comes from. Life gets its color from challenges and adversity. You can‘t plan your way to happiness, you know”. Spending a rainy day in a hotel room during the Special Olympics Missouri Outdoor Games!
As the great director Elia Kazan once said, our character is often revealed by how we conceal our emotions, not how we show them.”
“You must walk alone to find your soul.” Where was this book when was younger. Picked it up earlier this evening and almost finished with it. Easy but meaningful read.
“Women are made to fly and soar, not to creep and crawl, as the haters of our sex want us to”. This quote by Elizabeth Packard really hits home in today‘s climate.
“I can stand on my own feet, alone, now. I don‘t have to be running around to find some tree to climb upon. I am a tree myself”
Anyone who knows me knows my love of quotes. I keep a commonplace book full of them. So I thought, add a couple to my junk journal page regarding Alice in Wonderland. The concept started with the mini book (I have several duplicates of the Zaru Mini Book ones) and morphed from there. The two quotes, I printed off and matted and the jewel is a charm from Hobby Lobby. Think I might take more duplicates and work up pages for them as well
“There is no more powerful way to silence someone than to call them crazy.” Thanks to this woman and all those like her that came before me, I am able to have the job I have now and am able to speak my mind.
“Nothing kills powerful, unshakeable love faster than opposing ideologies”. Another day of training and another day of Iron Flame. Should finish this today!
Another day of training and another day of Iron Flame..”The problem with mankind is we too often find our souls to be a fair price for power.”
“He‘s the horizon and nothing exists beyond for me”….wow, if only people talk that in real life!
“Secrets make for poor leverage. They die with the people who keep them.”
“It‘s easy to rewrite history and make yourself the hero of the piece.”
pickThis is Nora Robert‘s at her best. Some of her latest have been so-so lately (in my humble opinion) but this was a compelling and enthralling read. Who doesn‘t like a little bit of romance with your ghosts. Love the other ghosts besides the brides (Molly and Jack) and freaking love Clover. Who wouldn‘t want their own DJ? All in all, looking forward to the next installment (hopefully my local library has it).
Dark and dreary days calls for snuggling in bed with a good book
“Those who dance are considered insane by those who can‘t hear the music.”
“I face the inevitable unflinchingly”
“Confidence comes from knowing that whatever the situation, you know you‘ll make the best of it. Confidence is certainty in your ability to rise.”
“Well, none of us are here for very long. While we‘re alive, all we can do is keep on fighting. Try to make our contribution count.”
“What they will never understand is that forgiveness is only for the strong.”
“You get to decide how you show up in this world. No one else gets to dictate to you who you are.”
I gave this a try and if all of Lucy Score‘s books are as freaking funny as this one is, then I‘m going to have read more. So far, LUVIN IT!
Picked this up at my local library the other day. Was looking for a nice easy read and decided “why not, this looks enjoyable”. I was not wrong. So far, loving the character development and the story pacing is spot on. Fairly fast read as I am 3/4 of the way done and only have been reading about 5 hours. Think I‘ll have to continue this series
“There is nothing more sacred than the Archives. Even temples can be rebuilt, but books cannot be rewritten.”
“Hope is a fickle, dangerous thing. It steals your focus and aims it toward the possibilities instead of keeping it where it belongs—on the probabilities.”
Another day of training, another lovely selection!
“Intolerable sadness was tolerated by closing the book on a life, one never to be reopened.”
Another year of mandatory training and the only way to survive…a good book and a Pepsi
“Knowledge can forestall fear.”
pickI don‘t agree with his political views but he certainly makes reading history entertaining. What I thought was just going to be a discussion about the Salem Witch Trials turned into one of religious freedoms and the American Revolution. Who knew we had a problem with the separation of church and state from the beginning!
Just a little reading while I am stuck in yearly training!
Seems appropriate to be reading this waiting to see the doc
“To be finished with life, one needs to be utterly exhausted, and worn out by heartache”
“When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out. Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one‘s ability to persuade.”
“Fear comes with the dark when you‘re lying still, waiting for the knock on the door. And fear is not always reasonable.”
“The world is beautiful, but people make it ugly.”
“Change isn‘t about getting taller or changing the roof over your head. Change happens in your heart, in your way of thinking, of moving in the world.”
“We all make decisions, and those decisions affect other people. They ripple through the world, and the more power you have, the greater the ripple.”
“The morality of an action depends, ultimately and only, on it‘s outcomes.”
Got sucked into the Bridgerton craze while recuperating from emergency bowel surgery. So far so good.
“…the impossible is merely the possible for which we don‘t yet know the science.”
Think I will be keeping this series after tomorrow (which is National Clean Out Your Bookcase Day). Love this series and was so happy to have found it. Saddened to hear that the author is battling cancer at the moment. Sending her happy vibes and thoughts of warm comforting bowls of noodles
Watched Shadowlands last night with the hubby (if you haven‘t seen, I highly recommend the version with Sir Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger) before settling down to read this. This week was the 10th anniversary of my Oma‘s passing and I‘m finding it a little hard. Perhaps this will help.
pickI can honestly say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book, but then again I have a sick sense of humour and find true crime fascinating. I also work in the prison system so I understand the authors dark sense of humour and her “female in a male dominated job” life. Her style of writing was informative but not condescending making it easy to read and understand.
Another day of training and a good book. Today: Defensive Tactics!
Picked this up because I needed something meaningful in my life right now. Something that questions and enlightens. Think this might just do the trick
