“Allison Winn Scotch is the real deal and The Department of Lost and Found is one you absolutely won't want to miss.” Quote by Johanna Edwards
“In American Romances, her new book of essays, Rebecca Brown has a voice that is full of pop references, family stories, and the fruits of a lifetime of -- in her perfect phrase - extreme reading. The voice is a hoot, and it is dead serious. This is writing with exquisite control, fully up to the task Brown takes on of playing a fierce game of beach ball with deep problems of American (and personal) history and identity.” WritingBookStoriesProblemRomanceReadingGamesVoicePerfectIdentitySeriousTasksBallsLifetimeFruitExtremesPopsBeachPhrasesBrownFierceEssaysExquisiteNew BooksPersonal HistoryRebeccaHoot Author:Susan Stinson
“You have to conquer the mountain if you are going any futher” IfsMountainConquer Author:Olav H. Hauge
“Until you have courted the bluebills in the snow, you have not tasted of the purer delights of waterfowling” DelightSnow Author:Gordon MacQuarrie
“The confirmed man of trout should resolve to get along with wood ticks. Any other procedure would fail because the wood tick is determined to get along with trout fishermen.” MenShouldFailingFailureWoodsDeterminedFishingResolveInsectsProceduresFishermanTickTroutFunny Fishing Author:Gordon MacQuarrie
“Indeed, girls can be so in need of social approval that they confuse harassment for acceptance--thinking that any attention is better than none. Since many girls as well as boys buy the idea that sexual aggression and exploitation is normal masculine behavior, it may not even occur to them to demand to be treated as equals.” ThinkingNeedsWellsMayIdeasGirlSocialAttentionBoysAcceptanceDemandBehaviorNormalTreatedApprovalAggressionExploitationMasculineHarassment Author:Leora Tanenbaum
“When my reputation was at its height, classmates insulted me right to my face as I walked down the hall. When a teacher called on me, boys snickered and girls rolled their eyes. My body and face burned. I felt mortified. I contemplated suicide.” BodyEyeFacesGirlFeltBoysTeacherSuicideReputationHeightHallsBurnedInsultedClassmates Author:Leora Tanenbaum
“I couldn't stand being identified by my sexuality, I retaliated by insisting that people regard me for my intellectual worth. My intellect became a form of damage control.” PeopleFormIntellectualRegardIntellectSexualityDamageInsistingDamage Control Author:Leora Tanenbaum
“A life worth living might be measured in many ways, but the one way that stands above all others is living a life of no regrets.” WayMightMotivationRegretOne WayWorth LivingNo RegretsLife Worth Living Author:Gary W. Keller
“The path of mastering something is the combination of not only doing the best you can do at it, but also doing it the best it can be done.” DoneMotivationCan DoPathCombination Author:Gary W. Keller