Elisabeth Carpenter > Quotes

“The past is always part of my present.”
― Elisabeth Carpenter, 99 Red Balloons

“Shocking when you think about it – the horrible situations people witness, and then justify their inability to change it by leaving it to someone else to deal with.”
― Elisabeth Carpenter, 99 Red Balloons

“All Things Bright and Beautiful’ begins to play,”
― Elisabeth Carpenter, 99 Red Balloons

“We are judged by our actions, not by our monikers.”
― Elisabeth Carpenter, 99 Red Balloons

“Once you start talking about feelings from the past, there's no way of forgetting them again.”
― Elisabeth Carpenter, 99 Red Balloons

“It's true that when you spend enough time in someone's company they lose their shine.”
― Elisabeth Carpenter, 99 Red Balloons

“Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.”
― Elisabeth Carpenter, 99 Red Balloons

“Once you start talking about feelings from the past, there’s no way of forgetting them again.”
― Elisabeth Carpenter, 99 Red Balloons

“Not Dad.’ My dad, my lovely dad, had gone”
― Elisabeth Carpenter, 99 Red Balloons

“Imagine finding out that who you thought of as Mum had actually abducted you as a child.”
― Elisabeth Carpenter, 99 Red Balloons

“Some experts say that addictions are hereditary”
― Elisabeth Carpenter, 99 Red Balloons

“Circumstances can trick us into thinking we’re powerless, but remember: we can control our own circumstances.”
― Elisabeth Carpenter, 99 Red Balloons

“And God anointed Jesus with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil. For God was with him.”
― Elisabeth Carpenter, 99 Red Balloons

“It appears men move on more quickly than women.”
― Elisabeth Carpenter, 99 Red Balloons

“She pushes me aside as she gets up from the chair, and walks out of the kitchen. Mum and I are still scrutinising the CCTV image when Matt walks in. ‘Let me see,’ he says, swiping it from under our heads. Mum opens her mouth, but closes it again. Obviously she can bite her tongue when it’s someone else. Matt looks like shit. He slept in the same jeans and T-shirt he’s worn for days, bar the press conference. He only went to bed in the early hours of the morning after drinking the best part of two bottles of wine. ‘Can’t”
― Elisabeth Carpenter, 99 Red Balloons

“Don’t pick the dandelions, she’d say, they’ll make you wet the bed.”
― Elisabeth Carpenter, 99 Red Balloons