Debbie Jackson > Debbie's Quotes

“Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one.”
― Brad Paisley

“May God grant us great grace for glorious year.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.”
― T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

“Hope
Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,
Whispering 'it will be happier'...”
― Alfred Lord Tennyson

“God might not fix things for me, but he would be with me in whatever waited ahead, that was clear.”
― Patti Callahan, Becoming Mrs. Lewis

“We’re connected everywhere. Even before we met, we were all of us tied together with these funny little threads. I love those small hints that God brings people together and says, ‘Here you go. This one’s for you.”
― Patti Callahan, Becoming Mrs. Lewis

“As with any good friend, we have many of those moments when one turns to the other and says, 'You too?”
― Patti Callahan, Becoming Mrs. Lewis

“What’s most remarkable about my journey to discover what my father did in the Second World War is the realization that any one of us has the untapped potential to do something incredibly courageous.”
― Christopher Edmonds, No Surrender: A Father, a Son, and an Extraordinary Act of Heroism That Continues to Live on Today

“In a defining moment, Dad stared evil in the face, refused to join the masses, bowed to no one, and chose what was right – regardless of the risk, regardless of the consequences.”
― Christopher Edmonds, No Surrender: A Father, a Son, and an Extraordinary Act of Heroism That Continues to Live on Today

“I am the same but different, and I greet this new reflection with a nod of acceptance. There is metal in my spine and there are fractures in my soul. I resemble Garrow now. I have been changed by war.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“The thing about lipstick, the reason it’s so powerful, is that it is distracting. Men don’t see the flashes of anger in your eyes or your clenched fists when you wear it. They see a woman, not a warrior, and that gives me the advantage.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

“You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die. A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that.”
― E. B. White, Charlotte’s Web

“Wilbur never forgot Charlotte. Although he loved her children and grandchildren dearly, none of the new spiders ever quite took her place in his heart. She was in a class by herself. It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

“What do you mean less than nothing? I don't think there is any such thing as less than nothing. Nothing is absolutely the limit of nothingness. It's the lowest you can go. It's the end of the line. How can something be less than nothing? If there were something that was less than nothing, then nothing would not be nothing, it would be something - even though it's just a very little bit of something. But if nothing is nothing, then nothing has nothing that is less than it is.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

“It is quite possible that an animal has spoken to me and that I didn't catch the remark because I wasn't paying attention.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

“The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last for ever. Even on the most beautiful days in the whole year - the days when summer is changing into autumn - the crickets spread the rumour of sadness and change.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

“Wilbur didn't want food, he wanted love.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

“You have been my friend," replied Charlotte. "That in itself is a tremendous thing...after all, what's a life anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die...By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

“I’ve got a new friend, all right. But what a gamble friendship is! Charlotte is fierce, brutal, scheming, bloodthirsty—everything I don’t like. How can I learn to like her, even though she is pretty and, of course, clever?”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

“I don't understand it, and I don't like what I don't understand.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

“Too many things on my mind, said Wilbur.
Well, said the goose, that's not my trouble. I have nothing at all on my mind, but I've too many things under my behind.”
― E. B. White, Charlotte’s Web

“If I can fool a bug... I can surely fool a man. People are not as smart as bugs.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

“You have been my friend," replied Charlotte, "That in itself is a tremendous thing.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

“The night seemed long. Wilbur's stomach was empty and his mind was full. And when your stomach is empty and your mind is full, it's always hard to sleep.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

“She is reminded that you never know when one unexpected event will transform you into “the person on the other side.”
― Amy Goldstein, Janesville: An American Story

“Winning is not always about shining the brightest. Sometimes it's about sharing the light with someone who has been waiting in the shadows all along.”
― Sarah Weeks, Save Me a Seat

“Assumptions are often wrong.”
― Sarah Weeks, Save Me a Seat

“Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.” Voltaire, 1694–1778”
― Elizabeth Cobbs, The Hamilton Affair

“Most of the time, everyone deserves more than one chance. We all do things we regret now and then. You just have to carry them with you.”
― Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere