Celebrate Life

Today is the sanctity of human life Sunday. Last Friday marks the anniversary of the day abortion became legal in this country. In protest, in 1984, the third Sunday in January was marked as the sanctity of human life Sunday.

"Some people say that life begins at birth. Others say that it begins at conception. But my God is so pro-life that He said “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb.”’ – Pastor Luke J. Robinson

Quote by Ann Voscamp

He intimately knows the muck of my lives, the stench I try to mask. And this is the thing: He chooses my dirty places, the places that shame me, as His point of entry. The lights celebrating the birth of the Christ Child — God with us — they’re still flickering as we look into the New Year — a new us. - Ann Voscamp

Forget dieing . . . I dare to live

"You can never begin to live until you dare to die." - Unknown {well. . .unknown to me}

They never told you the things you'd do different. They never explained how much it hurt .. . No use living in the past.

I greet the two teen girls. Their bright skinny jeans and skin tight t-shirts beg for attention. But that doesn't define them. Their more than their clothes and boyfriends, even if they don't know it yet. I help them find a game and convince them to take advantage of some ridiculous offer.

I hate my job.

A boy walks in the store and the two girls giggle and look over at him. A boy, a child. Seventeen on the outside, so much younger on the inside. I stop these thoughts with another, I was once the same way. Feeling so grow up and yet never understanding what I fool I was. I looked the fool. I acted the fool. I believed that I was a fool and took pride in it. Pride that I was well liked by teens and thought a fool by adults. I try to forget the fool, but yesterdays loves playing games. Letting my memories disappear and letting smiles dance on my lips. Then poisoning my mind with yesterday.

I ignore the costumers and go on with my job. I go on with my life. I go on. Why? Maybe it's the insane idea that one day I'll be free. Free from regret. Free from the nightmares that haunt my soul.

- excerpt from my current writing project

"One of the saddest things in life is the things one remembers." -Agatha Christie


I dare to forget the past so I can have a future.
I dare to be crazy
I dare to use big and fun words no one understands anymore
I dare to rebel against the myths that society pushes at us
I dare to make a fool of myself by being different
I dare to have fun {it's harder than you think}
Forget dieing . . . I dare to live.

Don't you just love Agatha Christie

A couple of days ago I got an Agatha Christie book for the library. Today I started it, and unlike other times, I flipped to the beginning and read the dedication. You gotta love her, it said this:

"To all those who lead monotonous lives. In hope that they may experience, at second hand the delights and dangers of adventure."

Don't you just love Agatha Christie. You gotta just sit and smile. "Top all those who lead monotonous lives", how awesome and descriptive of a lot of people. And let me assure you, Agatha Christie knows how to write in such a way as to immerse you in her story and and indeed show you  "the delights and dangers of adventure".

Now it isn't just dedications that make Agatha Christie worthy of note. It's her wonderful, creative, and unbelievable writing. Though she has had a couple hit and misses, like her book 'Elephants can Remember', she has also written some classics.

Some particular favorites of mine are 'And Then There Were None', 'Murder on the Orient Express', and 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd'.

 

What about you. Any Agatha Christie favorites?

Youer than you

Isn't Dr. Seuss awesome? His unusual style of picture books and amazing quotes makes him an awesome author. Because it's truer than true, there is no one youer than you.

Coffee?

"It is true, my friend. I am much worried."
"Why?"
"Because Mademoiselle Cynthia does not take sugar in her coffee."
-The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

The Mysterious Affair at Styles. The latest of Agatha Christies books I finished. This one was pretty good, but it has one the best quotes. I laughed for minutes after I read this and I still giggle when it comes to mind.

dish washing!

"The best time for planning a book is when you're doing the dishes." -Agatha Christie

Day 14 {quote}

Day 14 - One of your favorite quotes about books or writing.

I dreamt a limitless book,
A book unbound,
Its leaves scattered in fantastic abundance
On every line there was a new horizon drawn,
New heavens supposed;
New states, new souls.”
–Clive Barker

Uncheered? a quote

"Nobody can be 'uncheered' with a balloon." - A.A. Milne

coffee quote

I can't believe how long it's been since I posted a quote last. Here is one that, recently, found a place in my heart.

"Without coffee, the world would never wake."

I currently loving this quote because the past week has been wake up, work on deck (we are building a new deck at our house), go to sleep. With meals in between, it's been pretty fun. ☺

And don't forget to enter my giveaway HERE.

I got a new book today

I got an awesome book today! The Door Within by Wayne Thomas Batson. And guess what? I will be doing a book review on it soon.

SHOCKER!

Well, anyway, this book has the most amazing quote in it, and I HAVE to share it with you.

"Adventures are funny things.

They may creep out of holes,

appear down a seldom trodden path,

fall out of a tree,

or even arrive in an envelope.

But they always start the same way.

Adventures always begins with the

unexpected..."

Quote by Laura Wilder

"I'm beginning to learn that the sweet, simple things of life are the real ones after all."

-Laura Wilder

A Limitless Book

I dreamt a limitless book,
A book unbound,
Its leaves scattered in fantastic abundance
On every line there was a new horizon drawn,
New heavens supposed;
New states, new souls.”
–Clive Barker

a bundle of quotes

I've decided to copy a friend of mine and do a post on some of my favorite quotes.

If any of you know me, I am very into quotes. Any chance I get I am looking up new ones to write done in a notebook. I really don't think I can explain enough how much I love quotes. They are like little bits of wisdom or humor for all to hear.

Henry Ward Beecher - "A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors."

Oscar Wilde - "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."

Isaac Asimov - "I write for the same reason I breathe, because if I didn't I would die."

Anonymous - "Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend."

Audrey Hepburn - "For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone."

Ralph Waldo Emerson - "A hero is no braver then an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer."

C.S.Lewis - "Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'"

Ziggy - "You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.

Anonymous - "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...It's learning to dance in the rain.

What are some of your favorite quotes? I would LOVE to hear them. ☺

another quote (because I can't help myslf)

Not my photo
"To me the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make." Truman Capote

update + quote

Just wanted to make sure everybody knew I was still alive. ☺ I have been very busy lately with speech and try to post often, I haven't been doing to bad.

Here is a cool quote I have to share!

"I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die." - Issac Asimov

Amazing quote?! I love it. What are some of your favorite writing quotes? I would LOVE to hear them.

Sweetest Quote

"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live a hundred minus one day. So I never have to live a day without you." - Winnie-the-Pooh

Isn't this just the sweetest quote?

Quote by Oscar Wilde

"We are all is the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

- Oscar Wilde

I love this quote. Oh, and isn't that picture amazing! I found it HERE.

Goodbye Brain Jacques

Brain Jacques died February 5, 2011


Yes, Brain Jacques, one the most amazing children's authors, has died.

I picked up 'Redwall' (the first book I read of his) only a year ago.

But through those characters I feel I've known the author forever.

Goodbye Brain Jacques, you will be greatly missed, and remembered forever.

Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight also. A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us." - B.J.

Quote by Corrie Ten Boom

"Freedom isn't the right to do what we want, but the power to do what we ought." - Corrie Ten Boom