QUIPS & QUOTES

Selected by Debra Tweedy

As long as you have a window, life is exciting. --Gladys Taber, American author and columnist, 1899-1980

Walking is the perfect way of moving if you want to see into the life of things. It is the one way of freedom. If you go to a place on anything but your own feet, you are taken there too fast, and miss a thousand delicate joys that were waiting for you by the wayside. --Elizabeth von Arnim, English novelist, 1866-1941

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves. --Horace Mann, American education reformer, abolitionist, and politician, 1796-1859

All of the rocky and metallic material we stand on, the iron in our blood, the calcium in our teeth, the carbon in our genes were produced billions of years ago in the interior of a red giant star. We are made of star-stuff. --Carl Sagan, American astronomer and author, 1934-1996

The longer I live, the more convinced I am that this planet is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum. --George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, 1856-1950

Behind all your stories is always your mother’s story, because hers is where yours begins. --Mitch Albom, American author and journalist, 1958-

Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health. You need to enjoy the good things in life, but you need not overindulge. --Julia Child, American cooking teacher, author, and television personality, 1912-2004

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out. --Erma Bombeck, American humorist and writer, 1927-1996

Because grandparents are usually free to love and guide and befriend the young and without having to take daily responsibility for them, they can often reach out past pride and fear of failure and close the space between generations. --Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the US, 1924-

Sleep is the Swiss Army knife of health. When sleep is deficient, there is sickness and disease. And when sleep is abundant, there is vitality and health. --Matthew Walker, English scientist and professor at UC Berkeley, 1972-

Longview native Debra Tweedy has lived on four continents. She and her husband decided to return to her hometown and bought a house facing Lake Sacajawea.“We came back because of the Lake and the Longview Public Library,” she says.

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