Janette Rallison Quotes

Happy is entirely up to you and always has been.

But that's how life is. You never know how it's going to turn out, and you can't plan for everything. You just have to do your best dealing with things as they come and hope people forgive you when you make a mistake.

I've pursued dreams and achieved them, but I don't think anybody should think their life is incomplete if they don't follow some dream. Happiness doesn't come from achievements, or money, or any sort of treasure. Happiness is a frame of mind, not a destination. It's appreciating what you've got and building relationships with those around you.

Many perfumes promise to lure men to women. None of them smell of motherhood. None of them proclaim the wearer to be tidy, thrifty, and sensible.

I don't care what you Yanks say, cheese should not whiz.

Beauty has a persuasive power all its own.

You need to be more careful, or you could hurt yourself.

You can't wish for more wishes or for vague generalities like happiness that are impossible to grant. Your wish has to be something specific enough that I can use my wand to make it happen. Oh, and recently there's been a ban on inserting yourself into the Twilight series. The Cullens are tired of different teenage girls pinging into their story every time they turn around.

People weren't firecrackers who burst into the night sky with brilliance and glory, and a moment later faded away to nothing. Our souls had to be more lasting than that.

Sometimes love not only lifts you to the ceiling, it also keeps your eyes there.

I didn't bother to explain about the glitter in my hair. I figured they could think it was a family trait. We all glittered, just like the Cullens in Twilight.

The key to happiness - as any good fairy godmother will tell you - is not to avoid problems, but to overcome them.

Like Robin Hood....Not real, but true.

I bet you Cinderella didn't get along with Prince Charming's friends. Oh sure, the knights and barons probably put up with her on account that she was pretty and had such dainty feet and all, but you should know every duchess and contess in the kingdom hated her guts.

You need to be more careful, or you could hurt yourself." Right. Thank you, Mrs. Detweiler. I never would have come to that conclusion by myself. I was planning on incorporating a backflip into my next walk across the classroom but on second thought.

Things that are easily done are often much harder to undo. Sometimes, impossible.

As if finding a guy to solve your problems isn't a contradiction of terms.

Well you can't believe everything you read. After all, by definition, fiction writers lie for a living.

Don't just read words,' he would tell her as he held up the latest story, 'devour them. Let the words create new worlds.

The only things you can truly love after such a short time are ice cream flavors and comfortable shoes.

Even the plants in Arizona wanted to hurt you.

That's the magic of books. They're never quite the same for any two people. When you read one, you automatically make it your own.

Perhaps selling your children, your future, just happened one bad decision at a time.

The only wishes that will ever change you are the kind that may, at any moment, eat you whole.

New York is a nice place." "If you like concrete, crowds, and that claustrophobic, closed-in feeling.