117 Quotes by Joan Bauer

Divorce casts so many shadows.

I think hope is just about the best thing a person can have.

She shoved her can right under his chin. “Don’t mess with seniors,” she growled at him.

We are driving by the Gateway Arch – the tallest arch in the world. It’s made of stainless steel and manages to glisten even on a cloudy day. We’ve been to the top of it four times. Every time I see it, I remember the early pioneers who pushed west to see what was beyond Missouri. That’s what the arch is for – to help you think about courage. Those people had strong hearts and vision. My heart’s not strong, but my vision makes up for it.

He stood up, put the tree back under the grow light. ‘There. That’s what’s going to happen to us. It’s called grafting. Taking something from one place and fixing it to another until they grow together. We didn’t start from the same tree, but we’re going to grow together like we did.

You got to laugh Tree, if you don’t you’ll cry.

When you listen to G. T. Stoop, you understand the importance of being a honorable person, you get charged to fight for the truth, you get angry that so many politicians are playing games with people’s trust.

In life you have to laugh or you’ll cry.

If you stick that anger behind you, one day you’re going to turn around and find it’s gone.