“ When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile.Laura Miller - Butterfly Weeds Laura Miller
“ If you've ever read one of those articles that asks notable people to list their favorite books, you may have been impressed or daunted to see them pick Proust or Thomas Mann or James Joyce. You might… Laura Miller
“ Together, often by unanimous vote, the council has worked quickly to get positive results. Laura Miller
“ But there is so much more to do for the city we love... a Dallas with roads as strong as our businesses, parks as beautiful as our children, a downtown as tall as our imagination. Laura Miller
“ Now, you and I both know that I’ll wait a lifetime for you – remember, Butterfly Weeds never give up – so take your time down there. And tonight, as you watch that big, orange sun disappear into the e… Laura Miller
“ In the year since we brought things into the open with a clean breath of fresh air at City Hall, we have learned about corrupt spending practices and unethical conflicts of interest that waste your mo… Laura Miller
“ Brooke was always my summer. She’ll always be my summer. And I had already made my choice a long time ago. Loving Brooke was what I was made to do. Laura Miller
“ How does the story really go?Does she ever cross your mind?Does she ever steal your nights?Is she still a part of you?Do you ever wish she were still by your side?And what would you do?If she walked u… Laura Miller
“ More than every once in awhile,More than most dreams,More than just my heart,More than anything,More than you know,And more than I can say,I’ve loved you moreEvery passing day Laura Miller
“ Tell me you’ve seen the world.Now, you’ve come back homeTell me you’ve carried me with you,That you’ve held me close.Tell me you’ve missed meOr that I’m not crazy for waiting causeOf all the butterfli… Laura Miller
“ Just remember, the single most important thing in this world is love. You find it, you fight for it. Laura Miller
“ I can hazily remember, long ago, having adults — librarians, friends’ parents — suggest to me that I liked books “with magic” because I wanted to escape from a reality that, by implication, I lacked t… Laura Miller
“ I can see how James or Greene might agree with this point of view: the former finds that the ugly old lamp no longer produces a genie when rubbed and the latter realizes he has nothing left to wish fo… Laura Miller
“ There is an uncharacteristic radicalism to Lewis’s further suggestion that if we can find “even one reader to whom the cheap little book with its double columns and the lurid daub on its cover had bee… Laura Miller
“ Because we all know that the books we’ve loved best are seldom the ones we esteem the most highly Laura Miller
“ Maybe we knew each other in another life. Or maybe we were just meant to find each other in this one. Laura Miller
“ Because I seeA rainstorm in JuneJust before the sunThe black of nightJust before the starsAnd, girl, I see your ghostJust before our dawn Laura Miller
“ Desperation will drive you to do things you know will never make you whole again and even to lose the very thing you’re desperate for. Laura Miller
