Laura Lee Gulledge > Quotes

“I suppose all moms have an idea who they hope their daughters will be. Like a connect-the-dots picture where you think you know what shape it will become. But then it's the daughter who draws the lines, and she might connect the dots you didn't intend, making a whole different picture. So I've gotta trust the dots she's given me, and she's gotta trust me to draw the picture myself.”
― Laura Lee Gulledge, Page by Paige: A Graphic Novel

“K.I.S.S

Keep. It. Simple. Stupid.”
― Laura Lee Gulledge, Page by Paige: A Graphic Novel

“But when I close my eyes, I'm more like THIS under the surface: I'm laughing and scheming and dreaming.”
― Laura Lee Gulledge, Page by Paige: A Graphic Novel

“I think I was born with my eyes facing the wrong way. Because they're always looking into my head rather than looking out.”
― Laura Lee Gulledge, Page by Paige: A Graphic Novel

“Will, what do you see when you look at that?"
"A fence"
"Yeah, a fence. Used to contain something, keep it trapped. A prison, perhaps." *Bends her head* "But when I look at it like THIS... to me it looks like a ladder. Which is the opposite of a fence. A ladder means escape, freedom.”
― Laura Lee Gulledge, Will & Whit

“Whether it's death or life or a fence, you see things how you choose to see them.”
― Laura Lee Gulledge, Will & Whit

“My heart didn't even write a farewell note... It was a goner.”
― Laura Lee Gulledge, Page by Paige: A Graphic Novel

“We're human. All we are are beautiful contradictions.”
― Laura Lee Gulledge, Will & Whit

“It's like she wears an "I'm-always-happy" mask. I used to play along.”
― Laura Lee Gulledge, Page by Paige: A Graphic Novel

“This world ain't about how how big you are, or how little. It's about how every little thing touches every other thing in creation.”
― Laura Lee Gulledge, Page by Paige: A Graphic Novel

“I want to get to know this other me, but I don't know her well enough yet to be her all the time”
― Laura Lee Gulledge, Page by Paige: A Graphic Novel

“Live a LOT to get better material. Let yourself feel everything”
― Laura Lee Gulledge, Page by Paige: A Graphic Novel