I love quotes. Why? Because they are snippets of wisdom, profound passages, or perhaps, statements that resonate with us personally. I am positive we all have a favorite quote – or twenty that we carry with us in a hidden part of our minds. Many quotes can be cliche, yet, still remain evergreen to our ever evolving world.

Quotes are often taken from profound words spoken, or from a highlighted passage that struck a reader – or perhaps from the writer himself, and shared to make a statement. A quote is a condensed statement of a truth, a belief, or simply, something that resonated with someone taken from a passage of a book.

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Below I’m sharing a few of my favs and why.

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“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.”

Anne Lamott

I aspire to become bolder in time, more courage to write about the people I want to write about. I remember coming across this quote while reading Lamott’s Bird by Bird before I published my first book, Conflicted Hearts, and feeling empowered when I was apprehensive about writing about family.

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“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” …

Maya Angelou

I couldn’t agree more. Just like a writer learns to ‘show don’t tell,’ actions will always speak louder than words.

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“Remember this because it will happen many times in your life. When people show you who they are the first time believe them.”

Maya Angelou

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This quote goes hand-in-hand with with Angelou’s above quote. Behavior speaks louder volumes than words that can be misleading.

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“Everywhere, everywhere, children are the scorned people of the earth.”

Toni Morrison

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This quote can be interpreted globally. Children will always be the collateral in a damaged environment or world.

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“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.”

C.S. Lewis (from his 1961 book – A Grief Observed)

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This was one of the first books I read on grief after losing my husband. Lewis wrote about the agony of losing his beloved wife. It so resonated with me as I can attest to the fear of everything new in an old life that is no longer familiar.

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Do you have a favorite quote you’d like to share?

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