Michelle

Add friend
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Michelle.

https://www.goodreads.com/michellebourgeois

Book cover for James
At that moment the power of reading made itself clear and real to me. If I could see the words, then no one could control them or what I got from them. They couldn’t even know if I was merely seeing them or reading them, sounding them out ...more
Loading...
Katherine Center
“love is something you can learn. Love is something you can practice. It's something you can choose to get good at. And here's how you do it." He let go of his walker to signal he meant business: "Appreciate your person.”
Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

Katherine Center
“You had to maximize joy when it fluttered into your life. You had to honor it. And savor it. And not stomp it to death by reminding everyone of everything you'd lost.”
Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

Katherine Center
“Whatever story you tell yourself about your life, that's the one that'll be true.”
Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

Katherine Center
“Stick with me. We'll get through it—and we'll be stronger on the other side, as all of us always are, for facing hard things and finding ways to keep going.
Plus: Bearing witness to the suffering of others? I don't know if there's anything kinder than that. And kindness is a form of emotional courage. And I'm not sure if this is common knowledge, but emotional courage is its own reward.”
Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

Katherine Center
“Well, you're lucky. Because love is something you can learn. Love is something you can practice. It's something you can choose to get good at. And here's how you do it. Appreciate your person.
That's it.
Well—first be sure to choose a good person. But we're all good people here.
Choose a good, imperfect person who leaves the cap off the toothpaste, and puts the toilet paper roll on upside down, and loads the dishwasher like a ferret on steroids—and then appreciate the hell out of that person. Train yourself to see their best, most delightful, most charming qualities. Focus on everything they're getting right. Be grateful—all the time—and laugh the rest off.
And that goes for kids, too, by the way—and pets, and waiters, and even our own selves. There it is. The whole trick to life. Be aggressively, loudly, unapologetically grateful.”
Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

162 Illinois Wesleyan University English Majors — 19 members — last activity Jun 09, 2007 03:38PM
We know a good book when we see one.
year in books
Melissa
632 books | 143 friends

Kimberly
55,386 books | 153 friends

Michelle
2,989 books | 115 friends

Erica
1,729 books | 59 friends

Debbie
1,757 books | 29 friends

Dan Hahn
356 books | 72 friends

Colleen...
718 books | 117 friends

Alexand...
1,689 books | 269 friends

More friends…



Polls voted on by Michelle

Lists liked by Michelle