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Elise Broach Quotes

My dad always says, some people will treat you badly and you can't help that. But how you handle it and how it makes you feel, that's up to you.

My dad always says, some people will treat you badly and you can't help that. But how you handle it and how it makes you feel, that's up to you.

Elise Broach
Dad, People, Up To You
Elise Broach (2007). “Shakespeare's secret”

My mom says that when it rains you never feel like you should be anywhere but home.

Elise Broach
Mom, Rain, Home

But really, there are no coincidences. Coincidences are just other people's choices, plans you don't know about.

Elise Broach
People, Choices, Coincidence
Elise Broach (2005). “Shakespeare's Secret”, p.65, Macmillan

A great friendship was like a great work of art, he thought. It took time and attention, and a spark of something that was impossible to describe. It was a happy, lucky accident, finding some kindred part of yourself in a total stranger." pg. 287

Elise Broach
Art, Lucky, Attention

A person's birthday should be a special day, a wonderful day, a day of pure celebration for the luck of being born!

Elise Broach
Luck, Special, Celebration
Elise Broach (2005). “Shakespeare's Secret”, p.261, Macmillan

The most important things in a friendship didn't have to be said out loud.

Elise Broach
Important, Loud, Said
Elise Broach (2008). “Masterpiece”, p.138, Macmillan

There is a difference between giving into something and accepting it.

Elise Broach
Differences, Giving, Accepting
Elise Broach (2005). “Shakespeare's Secret”, p.39, Macmillan

That was the very heart of friendship...your willingness to help each other in a jam, to take a friend's problems as your very own.

Elise Broach
Heart, Jam, Helping

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