“Journalism is the first rough draft of history.”
-Philip Graham
Category: Wednesday Words
Wednesday Words – Dreaming
“Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.”
-Gloria Steinem
Wednesday Words – City Girl
“I’ve always thought of myself as a city girl. I love the energy, the diversity, the noise. I love the variety of experiences, the speed and volume, the endless chatter and din of traffic, the endless options and adventures.
But as I learn to dwell in the silence of my own heart, I’m finding myself drawn to the silence of nature – of water, land, expanse. As I learn to trust the stillness I’ve been running from for so long, I’m finding that I crave more and more silence. I’m drawn back to the water, to the sound of the waves instead of the sounds of traffic and the blare of action and excitement.”
-Shauna Niequist, Present Over Perfect
Wednesday Words – Heroine
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”
-Nora Ephron
Wednesday Words – Adolescent friends
“Anyone who knew you as an adolescent and still wants to spend time with you is a true friend, and really, their opportunity to blackmail you with stories of who you kissed and photos of you in overalls is enough reason to keep them around. We don’t see each other nearly often enough, but when we do, we fall right back into familiar rhythm, like a song we’ve been singing all our lives.”
-Shauna Niequist, Present over Perfect
Wednesday Words – Jon Sinclair
“Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo.”
-Jon Sinclair
Wednesday Words – Kristin Newman
“I was a shy little girl and an only child, so on vacations I was usually playing alone, too afraid to go up to the happy groups of kids and introduce myself. Finally, on one vacation, my mom asked me which I’d rather have: a vacation with no friends, or one scary moment. So I gathered up all of my courage, and swam over to the kids, and there was one scary moment… and then I had friends for the first time on vacation. After that, one scary moment became something I was always willing to have in exchange for the possible payoff. I became a girl who knew how to take a deep breath, suck it up, and walk into any room by herself.”
-Kristin Newman, What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding
Wednesday Words – Roald Dahl
“I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. If you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it full speed. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good.”
-Roald Dahl
Wednesday words – Blair Waldorf
“Destiny is for losers. It’s just a stupid excuse to wait for things to happen instead of making them happen.”
-Blair Waldorf, Gossip Girl
Wednesday Words – Will Rogers
“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.”
-Will Rogers
