Joan Bauer Quotes - Page 2

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• I hope you'll have the kind of life where what you stand for is so important that it makes some people outright hostile. You won't know how strong your beliefs really are until you have to defend them.

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  Strong, People, Important

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• Sometimes just getting up in the morning and standing at the gate can bring the gate down.

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  Morning, Sometimes, Gates

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• My father always told me that in this world we are going to make a truckload of mistakes, but the best mistake we can ever make is to err on the side of mercy

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  Mistake, Father, World

  Joan Bauer (2006). “Best Foot Forward”, p.26, Penguin

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• It was February sixth: eight days until Valentine's Day. I was dateless, as usual, deep in the vice grip of unrequited love. It was bad enough not having a boyfriend for New Year's Eve. Now I had to cope with Valentine datelessness, feeling consummate social pressure from every retailer in America who stuck hearts and cupids in their windows by January second to rub it in.

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  New Year, Valentine, Heart

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• ...motherhood should be like driving a car -- you should have to pass a test before you can do it legally.

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  Motherhood, Should Have, Car

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Hope Was Here”, p.13, Penguin

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• Infatuation cannot be sustained indefinitely, my friend. Love that embraces the entire person is a monumental gift that takes time to grow.

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  Infatuation, Friend Love, Embrace

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Thwonk”, p.1, Penguin

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• I've never said this to a girl before." I bit my lip, waiting. "Well..." He looked down. "I'm not sure how to say this." He took a deep breath and announced, "I really like fighting evil with you.

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  Girl, Fighting, Evil

  Joan Bauer (2009). “Peeled”, p.101, Penguin

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• I had taken the photograph from afar (distance being the basic glitch in our relationship), using my Nikon and zoom lens while hiding behind a fake marble pillar. I was hiding because if he knew I'd been secretly photographing him for all these months he would think I was immature, neurotic and obsessive. I'm not. I'm an artist. Artists are always misunderstood.(Thwonk)

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  Distance, Taken, Artist

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• New places always help us look at life differently

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  Looks, Helping, New Places

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Hope Was Here”, p.13, Penguin

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• It takes a great cook to pull life truth from poultry.

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  Poultry, Cooks, Truth Of Life

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• If you worry about every little thing you're going to have one thoroughly miserable life.

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  Worry, Littles, Little Things

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• I don't do normal. I have a reputation to uphold. (Thwonk)

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  Normal, Reputation

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Thwonk”, p.14, Penguin

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• Have you ever noticed that it takes a textbook dozens of pages to say what normal people can cover fast? Example: What was the full impact of World War II? Clear-cut teenage answer: we won.

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  Teenage, War, Cutting

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• Mom put dense cheddar bread into a bag for a man who said this was his wife's favorite - he'd driven all the way from New Jersey to buy it because today was their anniversary. Several women in the store jabbed their husbands on hearing this. I hung my head - Peter Terris wouldn't cross the street to buy me a Twinkie.

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  Mom, Husband, Men

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Thwonk”, p.17, Penguin

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• "You could lie to me. You could tell me to be encouraged, that good will triumph over evil.""Good will triumph over evil," said Richard. "Liar."

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  Liars, Lying, Evil

  "Squashed". Book by Joan Bauer, 1992.

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• Toys "R" Us. Zack put on a wool cap and sunglasses. "You look like a bank robber," I observed. "No toy is safe.

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  Wool, Sunglasses, Looks

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• You cannot measure the loss of a human life. It's all the things a person was, all their dreams, all the people who loved them, all they hoped to be and could give back to the world.

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  Dream, Loss, Giving

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• It seemed to me that the people who made the rules of the road had figured out everything that would help a person drive safely right down to having a sign that tells you you're passing through a place where deer cross. Somebody should stick up some signs on the highway of life. CAUTION: JERKS CROSSING. Blinking yellow lights when you're about to to something stupid. Stop signs in front of people who could hurt you. Green lights shining when you're doing the right thing. It would make the whole experience easier.

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  Hurt, Stupid, Light

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• You know where we got stuck? We were looking for faithfull, loving and perfect relationships-males who were always glad to see us." "So?" "We already have that!" "What do you mean?" "We've got dogs!

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  Dog, Mean, Perfect

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• When you can carry five full dinner platters on your left arm, you should be able to vote, even if you're not eighteen.

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  Arms, Dinner, Able

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Hope Was Here”, p.32, Penguin

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• it's a complete rush to get what you've been hoping for - to get it so full and complete that it fills your senses.

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  Senses

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• Teenagers are like bees at night, I think. We don't like waking up and we don't always get with the program immediately, but once we figure out our mission, we'll see it through.

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  Teenager, Night, Thinking

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• Will we have bodyguards?" "We're not quite set up for that. But with all these mothers, you don't need them.

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  Mother, Needs, Bodyguard

  Joan Bauer (2009). “Peeled”, p.177, Penguin

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• Everyone needs fudge, Hildy. It's how God helps us cope.

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  Needs, Fudge, Helping

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• If she's really psychic," Zack said when he saw Tanisha's photo at school, "why does she need a doorbell?

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  School, Psychics, Doe

  Joan Bauer (2009). “Peeled”, p.80, Penguin

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