Bette Greene Quotes

My father chose acquiescence and life rather than resistance and death. Not a very admirable choice, but a very human one.

Like the Bible tells us, when a man will lay down his life for a friend, well, then there ain't no greater love in this here world than that.

It seems to me that a man who is incapable of humor is capable of cruelty.

Why is it I'm always so quick to believe that people are thinking...believing the worst about me?

Sometimes when a person be thinking about one thing it don't mean they is mad about another thing.

Longevity can't be the only test of love.

I wondered if a blessing is still a blessing if it lasts for only a little while.

Folks keep forgetting that wishing don't make nothing so, but prayer sometimes do.

But will somebody please tell me what's a person to do when they're too afraid of life to live and too afraid of death to die?

Fun, like champagne bubbles, can't completely fill you up.

When people's emotions are involved they don't want to listen.

And taking care of somebody else made me feel good. Like discovering you're more than you thought you were. More even than you hoped to be.

One thing you can say about him is that he's appreciative. He's just happy having someone to sit with.

What do you know about sooner or later? Is a moment only a moment when you're in pain?

The secret is in absolutely refusing to let the river beat you down.

But don't go thinking that I'm critical of you, Anton, because really I'm not. Not a bit! It's just that you're not here. I'm alone and I'm frightened and you're not here. And you're not ever going to...

Keep in mind that life produces no maestros, only students of varying shades of ineptitude.

My deception was believed because it was built on a foundation of truth … Hitler's first layer is an undeniable truth, such as: The German workers are poor. The second layer is divided equally between...

Six years is plenty long enough to soothe the tearing anguish of...death, but maybe no amount of time is enough to soothe something that is no longer there. Something like an emptiness that can never...

The secret is in absolutely refusing to let the river beat you down. If I had to, I'd measure my progress in inches. One more inch I've swum—one less inch to swim. Once you know the secret, then nobod...