Erica Bauermeister quotes

“Adults need to have fun so children will want to grow up.”
-- Erica Bauermeister

Source : Erica Bauermeister (2011). “Joy For Beginners”, p.60, Penguin

#Children Quotes #Growing Up Quotes #Fun Quotes

“The women ranged in age, but they were all old enough to know that in the currency of friendship, empathy is more valuable than accuracy.”
-- Erica Bauermeister

Source : Erica Bauermeister (2013). “The Lost Art of Mixing”, p.136, Penguin

#Empathy Quotes #Age Quotes #Enough Quotes

“Each person's heart breaks in it's own way. Every cure will be different, but there are some things we all need. Before anything else, we need to feel safe.”
-- Erica Bauermeister

Source : Erica Bauermeister (2009). “The School of Essential Ingredients”, p.17, Penguin

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“You're not traveling if you already know everything.”
-- Erica Bauermeister

Source : Erica Bauermeister (2011). “Joy For Beginners”, p.68, Penguin

“Sometimes, niña, our greatest gifts grow from what we are not given.”
-- Erica Bauermeister

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“TIME WENT ON, life with the children unfolding in its own ecosystem, small plastic toys seeming to grow up from the carpet like mushrooms, clothes falling to the floor like autumn leaves. Every once in a while she would blaze through the house and clean everything-at which point, the process would start all over.”
-- Erica Bauermeister

Source : Erica Bauermeister (2011). “Joy For Beginners”, p.63, Penguin

#Children Quotes #Growing Up Quotes #Fall Quotes

“You ride one in to the beach, and it's the most amazing thing you've ever felt. But at some point the water goes back out; it has to. And maybe you're lucky-maybe you're both too busy to do anything drastic. Maybe you're good as friends, so you stay. And then something happens-maybe it's something as big as a baby, or as small as him unloading the dishwasher-and the wave comes back in again. And it does that, over and over. I just think sometimes people forget to wait.”
-- Erica Bauermeister

Source : Erica Bauermeister (2011). “Joy For Beginners”, p.31, Penguin

#Beach Quotes #Baby Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“A risk is a risk because it's avoidable.”
-- Erica Bauermeister

Source : Erica Bauermeister (2011). “Joy For Beginners”, p.125, Penguin

#Risk Quotes

“We’re all just ingredients. What matters is the grace with which you cook the meal.”
-- Erica Bauermeister

#What Matters Quotes #Grace Quotes #Meals Quotes

“You could never be certain what you would find in a book that had spent time with someone else.”
-- Erica Bauermeister

Source : Erica Bauermeister (2011). “Joy For Beginners”, p.12, Penguin

#Book Quotes #Certain Quotes

“If you live in your senses, slowly, with attention, if you use your eyes and your fingertips and your taste buds, then romance is something you’ll never need a greeting card to make you remember.”
-- Erica Bauermeister

Source : Erica Bauermeister (2009). “The School of Essential Ingredients”, p.113, Penguin

#Eye Quotes #Romance Quotes #Taste Quotes

“I am starting to think that maybe memories are like this dessert. I eat it, and it becomes a part of me, whether I remember it later or not.”
-- Erica Bauermeister

Source : Erica Bauermeister (2010). “The Monday Night Cooking School”, p.143, Penguin UK

#Memories Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Remember Quotes

“Life is beautiful. Some people just remind you of that more than others.”
-- Erica Bauermeister

Source : Erica Bauermeister (2009). “The School of Essential Ingredients”, p.94, Penguin

#Beautiful Quotes #People Quotes #Life Is Beautiful Quotes

“She said, 'You can be broken, or broken open. That choice is yours.'”
-- Erica Bauermeister

#Courage Quotes #Broken Quotes #Choices Quotes

“Marriage is a leap of faith. You are each other's safety net.”
-- Erica Bauermeister

Source : Erica Bauermeister (2009). “The School of Essential Ingredients”, p.47, Penguin

#Safety Quotes #Leap Of Faith Quotes #Leap Quotes