Some of My Favorite QuotesA rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing.
--Jessamyn West Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
--Margaret Mead A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us.
--Franz Kafka Kind words may be short but their echoes are endless.
--Mother Teresa Leap and the net will appear.
--Zen saying This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no "brief candle" for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. --George Bernard Shaw |
![]() Valerie lives in northern Vermont with her husband, John. A note about my novel,
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