if you give a man a fish he'll eat for a day, if you teach a man to fish he'll eat all the fish you may have caught for yourself Meg Cabot More Quotes by Meg Cabot More Quotes From Meg Cabot Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgement that something is more important than fear; The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all. Meg Cabot judgement brave forever Sometimes what you want is right in front of you. All you have to do is open your eyes and see it. Meg Cabot eye want sometimes There is a difference between listening and hearing, just as there is a difference between seeing and knowing. Meg Cabot differences knowing listening One of the biggest mistakes girls can make concerning their romantic life is sitting around waiting for their prince to find them, rather than getting out there and finding him themselves. Meg Cabot girl waiting mistake Life isn't a romance novel. The truth is, the reason romance novels sell so well ---- the reason why everyone loves them ---- is because no one's life is actually like that. Everyone WANTS their life to be like that. Meg Cabot romance want reason-why Sometimes we need to take big risks if we want to find out who we are, and what we were put on this planet for. Meg Cabot risk want needs Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either. Meg Cabot writing giving kids A WRINKLE IN TIME is one of my favorite books of all time. I've read it so often, I know it by heart. Meg Murry was my hero growing up. I wanted glasses and braces and my parents to stick me in an attic bedroom. And I so wanted to save Charles Wallace from IT. Meg Cabot growing-up hero book Save your rejections so that later when you are famous you can show them to people and laugh. Meg Cabot motivation sea funny It is a documented fact. I read it in People magazine. Meg Cabot magazines facts people One of the biggest motivations for me with writing my books is to offer girls some escapism, especially girls who really need it, like I did. Meg Cabot motivation girl book When I did see the story of Persephone, I was really drawn to it. Persephone, the goddess of spring, was kept from Olympus by her mother, Demeter, because Demeter was very worried that the gods of Olympus would do something terrible to her. Meg Cabot olympus mother spring Writing is a workout, just like going for a run! Meg Cabot workout writing running We can all agree that first loves can be a scary thing, and that growing up is hard to do. Meg Cabot growing-up first-love scary This was something you had to work through on you own," Jason said. "Besides, I knew you'd do the right thing." "Oh, right," I said. I wanted to throw something at him. I really did. "And if I hadn't?" Now Jason brandished something he'd been holding behind his back. It was a golf club. "I figured Big Bertha here would drive them away," he said. Meg Cabot jason clubs golf great. now i was starting to get jealous of myself. Meg Cabot get-jealous jealous starting See? Anger can be healthy. When the time comes–and it will come–remember that. And what I said. Embrace your powers–love yourself the way Nature made you, and you will prevail. Always. Meg Cabot love-yourself healthy way It will hurt. Because deep down, I'll know there was someone.. someone I was supposed to have met. Only I'll never meet him. I'll go through my whole life waiting for him to come along, only he never will. What kind of life is that? Meg Cabot kind hurt waiting That hurt querida, that really hurt Meg Cabot hurt Though I imagine in your case, trying not to fall just made you fall harder. Meg Cabot imagine trying fall
