33 Quotes by Lisa Graff

It's the way we deal with what fate hands us that defines who we are.

Trying hard and being a good person didn't always mean good things would happen to you. But it did mean that others might try on your behalf.

Some people aren't good at anything. Some people just really like donuts.

Everyone deserves a sad day once in a while,” Calista told me. “Sometimes things are too big for cheering up. Sometimes the best way to make things better is just to let yourself be sad for a little bit.

I desperately want to visit the Galapagos and meet some giant tortoises.

I have always had a ridiculous fear that I will walk into the bathroom one morning and find a python in my toilet.

I'd like to have a perfect sense of direction. I could get lost with a GPS strapped to my arm.

I've been a children's book editor, a nanny, a camp counselor, a barista, a research lab assistant, and a movie theater ticket-taker.

Being a writer can be a very lonely profession, but having a network of people who can sympathize with everything you're going through - from contract issues to the terror of changing your novel from past- to present-tense - is an invaluable asset.