Keri Cleary Quotes

Do you want to be saved?" I asked.
Keri cocked an eyebrow. "Like Jesus?"
"Like Lancelot."
"I hang my hair out the window every night, waiting for some dude to climb up. ~ Aaron Starmer

You are my body, my soul, the energy by which I live, and the song in my heart. ~ Keri Arthur

Willa Jean, pleased to have her grandmother on her side, set a red checker on top of a black checker. "Your turn," she said to Ramona as if she were being generous. ~ Beverly Cleary

Sunflowers and seashells and logarithmic spirals (said Kerewin); sweep of galaxies and the singing curve of the universe (said Kerewin); the oscilating wave thrumming in the nothingness of every atom's heart (said Kerewin); did you think I could build a square house? So the round shell house holds them all in its spiralling embrace. Noise and riot, peace and quiet, all is music in this sphere. ~ Keri Hulme

When I was growing up, my house was filled with books. My mother was an educator, and my father was a history buff, so our home was a virtual library, covering every author from Beverly Cleary to James Michener. ~ Jeff Kinney

You are blowing my mind. ~ Keri Smith

I'll be honest; I'm a student of fashion. I say that because I just wear what I feel. I'm not led by name brands and things like that. ~ Keri Hilson

The stars in the sky
Unhidden by night
Souls of our loved ones
Guide us by sight
But when dawn breaks
Bringing day's light
Remain in our hearts
And all wrongs become right;
I'll see you in the night. ~ Keri Lake

I have a grasshopper and haphazard mind y'know, a brain that listens to all sorts of things as well as itself. ~ Keri Hulme

The leading principle of the goal is distinguished by first-hand experience, beyond speech, imagination, and words, reaching the realm where there is no impulse, the inherent characteristic of arrival at the stage of first-hand realization, excluding all the destructive forces of speculation and dogmatism." "The ~ Thomas Cleary

I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house. ~ Beverly Cleary

There's something different about him, and I don't have to think hard to see it. Something about the way he takes over a room, the way he looks at me, like he has already identified and can disarm every one of my defense mechanisms with no effort, like he sees through them to the disaster lying beneath. And he wants it. ~ K.A. Tucker

Children are like sponges; they start to smell after a little while. ~ Brian P. Cleary

Voiceover work definitely requires it's own specific muscle. And because you're not seeing what you're recording, and all these things are going on, you really have to use your imagination and stay focused and kind of be able to tap your head and rub your belly at the same time. ~ Keri Russell

In order to be who you are as a human being, you need to be willing to upset people. ~ Keri Smith

She was not a slowpoke grownup. She was a girl who could not wait. Life was so interesting she had to find out what happened next. ~ Beverly Cleary

Peter Koestenbaum also elaborated on the importance of others, particularly romantic lovers, in the existential context. Love is the choice to create and reflect each other mutually, verifying and illuminating each other's uniqueness because this is how we learn that we exist and who we are. A key theme of authentic love is resistance between, but welcoming of, two independent consciousness acting like positive and negative magnets within a single magnetic field. ~ Skye Cleary

Okay, now I know your yanking my chain. Pigs will fly before Blake would ask for our help." Rhoan
"Better start ducking those flying piggies then, bro, because I'm totally serious." Riley ~ Keri Arthur

They were nothing more than people, by themselves. Even paired, any pairing, they would have been nothing more than people by themselves. But all together, they have become the heart and muscles and mind of something perilous and new, something strange and growing and great.
Together, all together, they are the instruments of change. ~ Keri Hulme

Children want to do what grownups do. ~ Beverly Cleary

Eating a cookie never feels strange. I am a big believer in food in general. ~ Keri Russell

I don't think children themselves have changed that much. It's the world that has changed. ~ Beverly Cleary

Starke, release me or I'll kick you in the balls.
And that would hurt, given the current rock-hard state of that area. ~ Keri Arthur

Sometimes, the waves grow hushed, but the sea is always there, touching, caressing, eating the earth ... ~ Keri Hulme

Unfortunately for you love, I take my pleasure with a shot of pain ~ Keri Lake

Ramona could not understand why grown-ups always talked about how quickly children grew up. Ramona thought growing up was the slowest thing there was, slower even than waiting for Christmas to come.
She had been waiting years just to get to kindergarten, and the last half hour was the slowest part of all. ~ Beverly Cleary

I am crazy for dessert. I eat everything. No one should be denied anything ... just don't eat the whole thing. ~ Keri Russell

I'm born and raised in Georgia, so I have a lot of appreciation for hip-hop, but I want to be able to show the emotional side of me. ~ Keri Hilson

Kids enjoy laughing and are seldom bored when they find something funny. They also ask questions, often to adults, because they understand that the more words they can comprehend about a funny story or a joke, the more they'll enjoy it. ~ Brian P. Cleary

The humiliation that Jane had felt turned to something else
grief perhaps, or regret. Regret that she had not known how to act with a boy, regret that she had not been wiser. ~ Beverly Cleary

I was a huge fan of 'Arrested Development,' and there's just something it tickles in me and it's bright and it's hilarious. ~ Keri Russell

I saw darkness in her beauty, and she saw beauty in my darkness. Yin and yang. Black and white. Beauty and scars; fury and forgiveness. She should've been my nemesis, but in her, I found something I didn't know I was looking for. ~ Keri Lake

I don't have a beef with any female artist. ~ Keri Hilson

According to Bela Szabados, it can be dangerous to ignore philosophers' personalities because philosophizing is a personal interpretation of truth. ~ Skye Cleary

I guess that's what growing up is. Saying good-by to a lot of things. Sometimes it is easy and sometimes it isn't. But it is all right. ~ Beverly Cleary

My favorite drugstore product is Clean and Clear makeup removing cleanser. It gets the makeup off in one wash - not three or four. ~ Keri Hilson

The key to writing successful YA is to keep the adults out of the story as much as possible. ~ Beverly Cleary

Look for loyal ministers in homes with filial sons ~ Thomas Cleary