"I can't get divorced because I'm a Catholic. Catholics don't get divorced. They stay together through anger and hatred and festering misery, just like God intended."

“A ghost from her past, part of a world to which she no longer belonged but had never stopped missing.”

Source : Catherine Anderson (2006). “Summer Breeze”, p.67, Penguin

“Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.”

“Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it's quite relevant. Besides, it makes me feel great”

Source : Caldecott Medal acceptance speech for Jumanji, polarexpress.com. 1982.

“I'm kind of a neat freak. My place is really organized. My socks are even organized: colors and sizes.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“For me, laughter is how we take a much needed break from the heartache, such that when we turn to face it again, it has by some miracle grown smaller in size and intensity, yet not disappeared altogether.”

Source : Liz Curtis Higgs (2004). “The Best of Liz Curtis Higgs”, Thomas Nelson

“So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were 'reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy.'”

“Society exists for the benefit of its members - not the members for the benefit of society.”

“One in three Canadian teens are bullied. That's nearly two million young Canadians who are teased and excluded. Nearly two million who are silenced in the classroom, losing out on their education.”