Ruan Quotes

#1. God knew we would make mistakes. Life is all about mistakes. It is constant change and growth. Our greatest challenges in life will one day be known to us as our greatest teachers.

Betty Eadie

#2. Is that true?
There is truth in it.
And lies as well?
There is an untruth, and an exaggeration.

George R R Martin

#3. You want to be free and break new ground, speak your mind, fear no man, have the neighbours acknowledge that you're a good man; and at the same time you want to be a success, make money, join the country club, get the votes and kick the other man in the teeth and off the ladder.

Christina Stead

#4. With my family background - my parents were both activists - writing about culture and politics came naturally.

Alexander Chee

#5. Whereupon, at the tender age of thirteen, I set upon the path of playing nothing but hookers.

Ida Lupino

#6. Don't strive for perfection. There are so many changes you can make, there are so many tips you can choose to incorporate--start with ones that aren't going to diminish joy.

Sophia Ruan Gushee

#7. Seeing and inspiring the best in others requires God's vision. - Dena Netherton

Gary Chapman

#8. What will become of a country...when a mother cannot trust her own children, and they, in turn, cannot trust their own families?

Nina Willner

#9. People ask what the hardest thing is about having an autistic child, and for me the answer is easy. What mom doesn't want to hear her baby tell her that he loves her or to feel his arms around her?

Kristine Barnett

#10. Taught me a lesson I should have known all along. What you do to children matters. And they might never forget. She's got a big-time job in California but she don't call or visit anymore. She sends me money and stuff every now and then, but I ain't seen her in I don't know how long.

Toni Morrison

#11. There are 6 billion people in the world. It's hard to find the one person who's right for you.

Scott Caan

#12. Foucault's pendulum would

Anthony Doerr

#13. It is a very melancholy reflection that men are usually so weak that it is absolutely necessary for them to know sorrow and pain to be in their right senses.

Richard Steele