Bette Greene quotes
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“It was like that. Sometimes I'd go for a period—days or weeks—without feeling the full sweep of my loss, and then as unexpected as a thunderclap, the realization would rip the protective coating from my senses. Maybe that's the way it is with trick knees and aging griefs. Totally pain free one moment and absorbingly painful the next.”
-- Bette GreeneSource : Bette Greene (1988). “Morning is a long time coming”, Starfire
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“I wondered if a blessing is still a blessing if it lasts for only a little while.”
-- Bette GreeneSource : Bette Greene (2000). “Summer of my German soldier”
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“Even if you forget everything else I want you to always remember that you are a person of value, and you have a friend who loved you enough to give you his most valued possession.”
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“Maybe...in a way, this coffee reminds me of something. Maybe...maybe only a philosopher or a mad man would make this connection, but it's a little like life. I mean it's powerful going down and that doesn't even take into account the aftertaste, which really takes getting used to.”
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“Longevity can't be the only test of love.”
-- Bette GreeneSource : Bette Bette Greene (2011). “Morning Is a Long Time Coming”, p.294, Open Road Media
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“Look inside yourself and you'll find a world of things (a world of your own experiences)worth writing about.”
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“I was hooked on writing. I mean, where else can you get paid for sticking your nose into somebody else's business?”
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“Experiencing life through a book can help you learn without all the pain of going through the experiences first hand.”
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“When people's emotions are involved they don't want to listen.”
-- Bette GreeneSource : Bette Greene (2000). “Summer of my German soldier”
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“I love Arkansas but I think Arkansas has its share of unlit minds.”
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“Why is it I'm always so quick to believe that people are thinking...believing the worst about me?”
-- Bette GreeneSource : Bette Greene (1988). “Morning is a long time coming”, Starfire
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“What is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to a great challenge?”
-- Bette GreeneSource : Bette Greene (2000). “Summer of my German soldier”
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“What do you know about sooner or later? Is a moment only a moment when you're in pain?”
-- Bette GreeneSource : Bette Greene (2000). “Summer of my German soldier”
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“Fun, like champagne bubbles, can't completely fill you up.”
-- Bette GreeneSource : Bette Greene (1984). “Summer of my German soldier”, Starfire
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“Like the Bible tells us, when a man will lay down his life for a friend, well, then there ain't no greater love in this here world than that.”
-- Bette GreeneSource : Bette Greene (2000). “Summer of my German soldier”
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“It seems to me that a man who is incapable of humor is capable of cruelty.”
-- Bette GreeneSource : Jean Webster (2016). “Daddy Long-Legs and Dear Enemy: Illustrated”, p.70, Jester House Publishing
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“Keep in mind that life produces no maestros, only students of varying shades of ineptitude.”
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“And marking off time struck me as something like counting empty spaces—spaces you know can't ever be filled.”
-- Bette GreeneSource : Bette Greene (2000). “Summer of my German soldier”
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“A person's got to think, otherwise that person's no better than a trained seal balancing a ball on his nose. If only that seal could think, he'd know he was making a thousand children laugh.”
-- Bette GreeneSource : Bette Greene (1984). “Summer of my German soldier”, Starfire
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“And taking care of somebody else made me feel good. Like discovering you're more than you thought you were. More even than you hoped to be.”
-- Bette GreeneSource : Bette Bette Greene (2011). “Morning Is a Long Time Coming”, p.50, Open Road Media
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“I believe that love is better than hate. And that there is more nobility in building a chicken coop than in destroying a cathedral.”
-- Bette GreeneSource : Bette Greene (1984). “Summer of my German soldier”, Starfire
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