"Why am i here? What's my purpose?"

-- Julie Anne Peters

#Purpose Quotes

“When encountering emotional vampires, see what you can learn. It's your choice. You can simply feel tortured, resentful, impotent. Or, as I try to do, ask yourself, â€œHow can this interaction help me grow?”
“I wait for death and journalists.”

Source : "Genes, Aging and Immortality". Book by Charlotte A. Spencer (p. 6), 2005.
“I always tell my children, 'You have to face your fear. If not, it's like running from a dog that will bite you in the back.”
“America 2012: The Learning Channel has HoneyBooBoo, History Channel has PawnStars: and the Science Channel has PumpkinChunkin”
“Sometimes change comes not in the first round, but at the second, third or fourth. Change starts with one person questioning, challenging, speaking up and doing something to make a difference. We can each make a difference...because each of us is already part of the community where racism exists & thrives.”
“While I have corrected agreed factual errors, I have not been inhibited from writing what I felt to be the truth about The Prince of Wales.”
“It was a matter of not seeing the woods for the trees. Glorious songs have been in Ireland forever, but a lot of these were so popular they were sung only by drunken men at weddings. They didn't have any regard for the song at all. So, I picked out 14 songs that I had grown up with, songs with great melodies. After 35 years as a songwriter, I appreciate the value of a good melody because I know how hard it is to write one. So I presented them in a new way, with piano, keyboards, strings, and a contemporary rhythm section. I just treated the melody with a bit of dignity and a bit of style.”
“It's odd the things that people remember. Parents will arrange a birthday party, certain it will stick in your mind forever. You'll have a nice time, then two years later you'll be like, 'There was a pony there? Really? And a clown with one leg?'”

Source : "Ask the Author Live: David Sedaris". Interview, www.newyorker.com. August 14, 2009.

You may also like:

Alex Sanchez
Author
Benjamin Alire Saenz
Poet
Betsy Byars
Author
David Levithan
Author
James Howe
Author
Marijane Meaker
Novelist
Nancy Garden
Writer
Richard Peck
Novelist
Sara Ryan
Writer