I used to be addicted to 'Reader's Digest' growing up. I would read the stories about love, and I guess that's where I became a hopeless romantic. I draw from that a lot.
Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grow
When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that.
When I was growing up, my dad didn't have weights, so he made himself a weight bench. Instead of a hand-me-down jacket, it was a hand-me-down weight bench.
My dad believed in scaring us as we were growing up. Scaring the boys who wanted to date us more.
At that moment a very good thing was happening to her. Four good things had happened to her, in fact, since she came to Misselthwaite Manor. She had felt as if she had understood a robin and that he h...
Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight also. A wounded heart will heal in time, and w...
I am not where I need to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.
Most of all, differences of opinion are opportunities for learning.
People need stories...we use stories to teach, to learn, to make sense of the world around us. As long as we need stories, we will need books.
Stories are like children. They grow in their own way.
That is another chamber of my heart that shows no electrical activity - the chamber that used to flicker into life when I saw a film that moved me, or read a book that inspired me, or listened to musi...
When you stop growing you start dying.
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