Teresa Mitchell

“In a restaurant, I can’t sit with my back to the door. Not sure if I’m OCD, but I excel at organizational skills. Slightly claustrophobic, not crazy about heights. Love martinis but one is enough. Tend to be opinionated at times but good at reigning it in. Love long-legged women, clueless about cars, love trucks. I read several dozen books a year, cook every night, and am uncomfortable if music isn’t playing. Don’t like scat singing or modulation, jazz is my preferred music, and my favorite colors are black and dark blue. Have no problem eating on my own in a restaurant, have to have a dog, and hate clowns and circuses. I’d never heard a Pink Floyd album until 2015, Penderecki’s “Polish Requiem” can make me cry, love trains, and am a confirmed sushi snob. I’ve never wanted to be anyone else, but if I had to choose I’d be Michael Caine.”
― Bernie Taupin, Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me

“The lies we tell ourselves are often stronger than the truth. They worm their way into our hearts and our minds until they are all we see”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“If you want to get out of the ghetto, you can’t keep living like the ghetto.”
― Michael Oher, I Beat The Odds: From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond

“Just because the statistics say we’re likely to fail doesn’t mean that it has to be true for us.”
― Michael Oher, I Beat The Odds: From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond