Top 5 Quotes by Peg Kehret

Fear that comes from personal experience is far more real than fear based on someone else's ordeal.

Fear that comes from personal experience is far more real than fear based on someone else's ordeal.

Real, Ordeals, Personal Experiences

Peg Kehret (2015). “Escaping the Giant Wave”, p.69, Simon and Schuster

I had longed to come home but now that I was there, it wasn't much fun. Home wasn't the same if I couldn't sleep in my own bedroom or use the bathroom by myself. I felt like a stranger in those familiar rooms.

Peg Kehret

Fun, Sleep, Home

Peg Kehret (2013). “Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio”, p.82, Open Road Media

I wasn't inspired so much by a person as by reading many good books. I loved to write and I wondered if I might be able to write material that others would enjoy reading.

Peg Kehret

Book, Reading, Writing

I could not write my books without the library's help. Even with the ease of Internet research, I find books to be indispensable when I am writing. ... Books make me laugh, cry, and think. They give me insight into history, and into the lives of people in other cultures. They help me make important decisions, and they provide endless entertainment. Hooray for libraries!

Peg Kehret

Book, Writing, Thinking

Guests are people who come to your home to see you whine at the table, bark loudly, jump on women wearing pantyhose, and do other tricks which you wouldn't think of doing just for the family.

Peg Kehret

Funny, Dog, Home

Peg Kehret (1988). “Encore!: More Winning Monologs for Young Actors : 63 More Honest-to-life Monologs for Teenage Boys and Girls”, Meriwether Pub