15 Quotes by Amy Smith

There's a mathematics to nesting, I'm sure, that explains how length of stay + space available = accumulating way too much stuff.

Judging books by their covers is seriously underrated, and any book nerd who claims never to have done it is probably lying.

But as Austen delineates so clearly, you can't stop people from making assumptions if they're so inclined. You can only do your best to show your character through your actions and hope that other people will be capable of forming sound opinions. And if you're a realist like Austen, you'll also be wise enough to realize how many people aren't up to it.

Every time I hear about somebody who wins a never-work-again sum in the lottery but keeps his or her day job I think, not a book person.

Sence and Sensibility, for instance, came out in three separate volumes, as did Pride and Prejudice (so the next time you read one of the ubiquitous time-travel Austen adaptations and somebody picks up a single-volume first edition, you can hit your nerd buzzer and say "wrong!").

He had just graduated from college in January. We were thinking everything was going to be stable. We were going to get a house.

I was without power for six days, so I thought I would get a little break. I was really surprised at how much more I'm paying.

Out of the blue, Jason called me up one day.

Right now, our city and county are experiencing an overweight and obesity epidemic. We must expand and strengthen our community efforts to impact this serious health challenge, especially as it relates to our children.