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bedb2e6 Revenge is the sweetest of all drinks Sweeter than honey more intoxicating than mead Jason King Godwise
3d50c0b Never underestimate the influence of people You allow into your life Be careful who you let in And kick them out as needed Jason King Godwise
ea52e04 You can tell the size of a man By the size of what troubles him A small thing should not trouble you Don't be bothered by little troubles Jason King Godwise
639c429 Be tired at the end of every day From doing a lot of work Jason King Godwise
856750c Never give up, never give in, never quit Keep working till you've won Jason King Godwise
46d6c8d Open your ears to wisdom, your eyes to truth Jason King Godwise
73d2608 Remember your ancestors Use their wisdom and add their strength to yours Keep your ancestors alive in your heart Through thoughts and deeds Jason King Godwise
8ab566e When you are planting your crops Be sure you want to harvest the seeds you plant Jason King Godwise
8370ef4 It is easier to stay out of trouble Than to get out of trouble Jason King Godwise
1fb88ad No one can make you feel inferior Without your help Jason King Godwise
3a17201 Example isn't another way to teach Example is the only way to teach Jason King Godwise
385f15b A bundle of sticks is stronger than any single stick Jason King Godwise
8f5d424 Decide what is worth dying for You will know what is worth living for Live for that Jason King Godwise
73a7878 Sometimes a nap is the best medicine Napping prepares the mind for fresh thoughts Jason King Godwise
9bd860b You must awaken, find your path become yourself Or you will be dragged along your path And wish you had voluntarily walked it Jason King Godwise
f5c5e59 Be who you want to be Not what other people want you to be Jason King Godwise
eb98da7 A man's character is his fate Your habits are your future Jason King Godwise
754163a You can judge a man by the company he keeps Jason King Godwise
7db8dee wounded prisoners. I wish I could hope, Miss Oliver--it would help, I suppose. But hope seems dead in me. I can't hope without some reason for it--and there is no reason." When Miss Oliver had gone to her own room and Rilla was lying on her bed in the moonlight, praying desperately for a little strength, Susan stepped in like a gaunt shadow and sat down beside her. "Rilla, dear, do not you worry. Little Jem is not dead." "Oh, how can you be.. L.M. Montgomery
d16e6fb I cooked with so many of the greats: Tom Colicchio, Eric Ripert, Wylie Dufresne, Grant Achatz. Rick Bayless taught me not one but two amazing mole sauces, the whole time bemoaning that he never seemed to know what to cook for his teenage daughter. Jose Andres made me a classic Spanish tortilla, shocking me with the sheer volume of viridian olive oil he put into that simple dish of potatoes, onions, and eggs. Graham Elliot Bowles and I made .. cuisine dishes food Stacey Ballis
52d4922 she leaped down the porch steps to her car. There was no thought. No planning. Just action. When you get a call that your kid is in the ER, there can be no room for thinking. Just the deepest fear imaginable, the kind that gripped like a steel band around her chest. Susan Wiggs
59c4c04 There were few forces greater than the power of a fourteen-year-old's determination when she wanted something. A teenager would stop at nothing in order to get her way. Susan Wiggs
d326b49 On his very worst day, each one of these men managed to summon his very best. Each one embodied the essence of courage. It is not the state of being unafraid, but the rare ability to confront fear. Susan Wiggs
80e3f70 The Immigration Reform Act wiped out that option. Used to be, if undocumented parents could prove their deportation would put a U.S. citizen--in this case, you, AJ--at risk, the judge could let them stay. But the act made deportation automatic." She showed them a document she'd printed out. "In the mid-'90s, there were around forty thousand deportations a year. Nowadays, there are around three hundred thousand a year. The INS and ICE will t.. Susan Wiggs
384f9a4 Thank you for all the Acts of Light which beautified a summer now passed to its reward. --letter from Emily Dickinson to Mrs. John Howard Sweetser Susan Wiggs
e2f5e7b What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time. --John Berger, English art critic Susan Wiggs
2761a0c What I've found is that you make time for the things that matter to you. Everyone has the time. It's just a question of deciding what to do with that time. Susan Wiggs
b6b2ea2 Nobody can fix another person. But everybody tries. Susan Wiggs
02dd318 His rough, cold hand grasped her chin. Her heart jolted as she gazed into his moss-gray eyes. "You owe me a forfeit," he said. The breeze plucked at strands of his hair, curling them against his windburned cheeks. She jerked her head away. "Just what is it you want?" "I'll have a kiss from you." The breath left her chest in a rush. Inhaling slowly, she drew in the cold salt air. "That's your forfeit?" "I declare to my soul, this is getting .. Susan Wiggs
828abb5 You can't rewind life or undo things. Susan Wiggs
5e49837 During the post-breakdown period, she read books the way an addict swallowed pills. She devoured stories one after the other, trying not to let reality intrude too deeply. Susan Wiggs
dec2fbb And that refuge was the most reliable place of all--between the pages of a book. Susan Wiggs
060f4c3 What is home? Maybe it's not a place, but a moment in time. When I was safe. Secure. Cared for. Home. It's more than a point on a map. It's a sensation. A feeling of comfort--feet Susan Wiggs
2184070 Caitlin." Hawkins touched her cheek. "That wasn't quite what I had in mind." "Oh, for heaven's sake," she burst out, "do you not see how silly you're being?" "It's only silly if you continue to shy from me like a maiden. You're the MacBride. You've done worse than kiss an Englishman." His hands held her fast at the arms, and he bent to whisper in her ear. "I won the forfeit." His breath caressed the curve of her ear. "I want to feel the ful.. Susan Wiggs
2df511e Ever since she was small, she'd found delight and comfort in books. For her, a story was so much more than words on a page. Opening a book was like opening a door to another world, and once she stepped across the threshold, she was transported. When she was reading a story, she lived inside a different skin. Susan Wiggs
b409c6e On Sunday, something washed up on shore. Susan Wiggs
c531546 stopped right in the middle of the path, cast a furtive glance left and right and then pressed his mouth in full lockdown mode upon hers. Ew. Susan Wiggs
8e97616 Aw, Gran." Annie had been fighting tears from the moment she'd boarded the train from New York. "Please don't leave me." "I won't," she said with a gentle smile. "Keep me in your heart, and you'll always know where to find me." Susan Wiggs
e89cce2 You're afraid," he said, the amazement of sudden revelation lighting his face. "I never thought I'd find the one thing you fear." "I'm not afraid," she said. "You've never been kissed before, have you?" She looked beyond him, her vision blurring as memories swept over her. Ah, she'd been kissed. Once. Alonso had kissed her once. He had held both her hands lightly, as if they were fragile crystal. She recalled his handsome face, dark and ten.. Susan Wiggs
0097f8d Dreams changed a person, and there was a little danger in that, because having a powerful dream made you vulnerable to failure and disappointment. Susan Wiggs
7261321 He stopped working and smiled at her. "What are you thinking that makes you look at me so?" "I'm thinking I'd best do something about you soon." "Are you open to suggestions?" Setting aside an iron chisel, he brushed her cheek. The glove glided, hot and rough, on her skin. She pushed his hand aside. "Not of that sort." Susan Wiggs
0b52e13 The pressure of his mouth eased. He drew away, holding her at arm's length. He filled her vision, broad shoulders and shaggy head framed by the crags and cliffs of Connemara. He had a look of astonished delight on his face, while dangerous banked fires smoldered in his eyes. Still gripping her shoulders, he stepped back and said, "Look me in the eye, Caitlin MacBride, and tell me you've been kissed before." Susan Wiggs
a610c24 What a joy life is when you have made a close working partnership with Nature, helping her to produce for the benefit of mankind new forms, colors, and perfumes in flowers which were never known before; fruits in form, size, and flavor never before seen on this globe." -Luther Burbank." mission-statement nature produce Susan Wiggs
260dc09 Seeking to distract her from further questions, he bent and blew lightly into her ear. She shivered. "This horse bites, you know." "I think he likes me. Almost as much as you do." "I don't like you. How can I like you? I don't even know you, for you refuse to answer my questions." He stroked her upper arms. "There is little to say. You have Clonmuir, and that makes you far richer than I." He gazed over the horse's back, where a patch of sun.. Susan Wiggs