"Cal: â€œCould you write a little bigger? Iâ€™m not sure China saw that.â€ Every Boy's Got One"

-- Meg Cabot

#Writing Quotes #Boys Quotes #Littles Quotes

“You create your own life and your work. Give us your best.”
“When things aren't working out, we have a tendency to say, 'Go do other things,' but you shouldn't do other things. You need to stay at your desk and continue to try to write. You need to insist on it.”
“It is a good idea to be ambitious, to have goals, to want to be good at what you do, but it is a terrible mistake to let drive and ambition get in the way of treating people with kindness and decency. The point is not that they will then be nice to you. It is that you will feel better about yourself.”
“The American Revolution was, in fact, a battle against the philosophy of Locke and the English utilitarians.”
“Pause and remember - It is never too late to begin again, to forgive someone, to have a dream, to meet someone or to love yourself. It is never too late!”
“High erected thoughts seated in the heart of courtesy.”
“My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.”

Source : Jack Layton's Letter to Canadians, www.theglobeandmail.com. August 20, 2011.
“We need to raise our voices a little more, even as they say to us, 'This is so uncharacteristic of you.' Invisibility is not a natural state for anyone.”

Source : Mitsuye Yamada, Merle Woo, Nellie Wong (2003). “Three Asian American Writers Speak Out on Feminism”, Red Letter Press

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