“I have noticed that after a time of deep sorrow the greatest comfort may come from a person you do not know well.” KnowsWellsMayPersonsGriefSorrowComfortDeep Sorrow Book:TO SEE YOU AGAIN: Stories Source: TO SEE YOU AGAIN: Stories
“I grew up in Chicago and was a huge fan of 'The Second City', so when I moved to L.A., I was looking for anything that resembled that... then I started 'The Groundlings', so I went to a show and it was very much like 'Second City'. I was so impressed that that same night I went backstage and I went up to the funniest person there.” PersonsShowsNightCitiesFansHugeGrewGrew UpMovedChicagoImpressedSecond City Author:Kathy Griffin
“What did exclusivity ever have to offer but a distorted, unrealistic view of the world? People who stuck only to their own kind were scared people.” PeopleWorldKindViewsGroupsOffersScaredStuckExclusivity Author:Naomi Shihab Nye
“As a direct line to human feeling, empathic experience, genuine language and detail, poetry is everything that headline news is not. It takes us inside situations, helps us imagine life from more than one perspective, honors imagery and metaphor - those great tools of thought - and deepens our confidence in a meaningful world.” WorldHumansHelpingFeelingsPoetryLanguageLinesSituationImaginePerspectiveHonorNewsToolsDirectMetaphorDetailsMeaningfulGenuinePoetry IsImageryHeadlines Author:Naomi Shihab Nye
“... the real heroes of race and culture would always be the people who stepped out of their own line to make a larger circle.” PeopleRealCultureLinesRaceHeroCirclesReal Heroes Author:Naomi Shihab Nye
“Everybody has a theme. You talk to somebody awhile, and you realize they have one particular thing that rules them. The best you can do is a variation on the theme, but that's about it.” MotivationCan DoRealizingParticularThemeVariation Author:Meg Wolitzer
“Being an adult child was an awkward, inevitable position. You went about your business in the world: tooling around, giving orders, being taken seriously, but there were still these two people lurking somewhere who in a split second could reduce you to nothing. In their presence, you were a big-headed baby again, crawling instead of walking.” PeopleWorldGivingChildrenStillsTwoBigsOrderTakenPositionBabyWalkingAdultsInevitableAwkwardSplitsCrawlingLurkingAdult Children Author:Meg Wolitzer
“Guilt is one of those useless emotions I refuse to indulge.” EmotionGuiltRefuseUselessIndulge Author:Rosemary Daniell
“A New York friend said that visiting the South reminded her of nothing more than being in high school again.” SaidSchoolNew YorkHigh SchoolSouthVisiting Author:Rosemary Daniell