“There's nothing wrong with having a different way of learning. What's wrong is when people blame you for it.” — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
“Sometimes being hopeful needs to be a very deliberate act.” — Joan Bauer Deliberate Copy Share Image
You cannot measure the loss of a human life. It's all the things a person was, all their dreams, all the people… — Joan Bauer Death Copy Share Image
I'll tell you something about tough times. They just about kill you, but if you decide to keep working at them, you'll… — Joan Bauer Inspirational Copy Share Image
Infatuation cannot be sustained indefinitely, my friend. Love that embraces the entire person is a monumental gift that takes time to grow. — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
“you’ve got to love yourself with all your shortcomings, and you’ve got to love the world, no matter how bad it gets.”… — Joan Bauer Love Copy Share Image
You don't know which way a thing will come at you, but you need to welcome it with your whole heart which… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
“Know why I plant trees?" "No." "I like thinking that they'll be here long after I'm gone. All those fine memories pushing… — Joan Bauer Memories Copy Share Image
“Since I couldn't be the prettiest girl at the party I could at least make it uncomfortable for the one who was.” — Joan Bauer Party Copy Share Image
“On cheap tippers:"Don't take it personally; they were deprived somehow as children. On low-fat entrees: "They sell well enough, but nobody's too… — Joan Bauer Children Copy Share Image
“There they were, the movers and shakers of Benjamin Franklin Hight - the sports stars, the cheerleaders, the good, the great, the… — Joan Bauer Curse Copy Share Image
“Wes held my hand in front of Dad, who played it real easy, like I had boys around all the time. JoAnn… — Joan Bauer Actor Copy Share Image
“How are things with you, sir?" "Fine." He says it flat."Coffee black. BLT." Now my heart tells me this guy needs more… — Joan Bauer Adventure Copy Share Image
“Almost Home by Sugar Mae Cole Home isn’t always a place you picture in your mind With furniture and cookies and music… — Joan Bauer Home Copy Share Image
“now i believe that the way to anyone's heart is through their stomach, and, my boy, i'm here to tell you, we… — Joan Bauer Business Copy Share Image
“Finally he said, "Hope, do you want to have dinner with me sometime?" I dropped a plastic bottle of Gulden's. We looked… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
Mom has the Touch. She knows what flowers go with what occasions, what hors d'oeuvres work with what people. She believes passionately… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
It was probably easier in the old days when the bad guys rode into town wearing black capes or whatever bad guys… — Joan Bauer Bad guy Copy Share Image
“Huevos up. Swing up to the window, swing back to Al B. Hall, who says, "Bless you," and would I get him… — Joan Bauer Awesome Copy Share Image
“You can’t be with someone else effectively, unless you can stand to be alone with yourself," he declared. "Being part of a… — Joan Bauer Couple Copy Share Image
“Millstone sputtered, "I don't know where you're getting your information, G.T., but that's as bogus as a barking cat!” — Joan Bauer Bogus Copy Share Image
“People are so cheap. Everyone wants quality, no one wants to pay for it. Here's the suburban dream-- to hire great workers… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
“Parents just concentrate on the thing that drives them nuts and all the other good stuff you do goes out the window.” — Joan Bauer Child Copy Share Image
Ellie: "You could lie to me. You could tell me to be encouraged, that good will triumph over evil." Richard: "Good will… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
“She stamped the book and gave it to me. "You bring it back in three weeks." I held it over my heart.… — Joan Bauer Book Copy Share Image
“Elden started toward me, "I think that's enough!" The man I almost knocked down bolted from his chair and shouted, "Let her… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
“Almost. It’s a big word for me. I feel it everywhere. Almost home. Almost happy. Almost changed. Almost, but not quite. Not… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
...Difficult relationships come into our lives for a reason. No one would choose them, certainly. But if we let them, they can… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
You've got to love yourself with all your short comings, and you've got to love the world no matter how bad it… — Joan Bauer Inspiration Copy Share Image
And we learned that you don't have to be famous or rich or physically healthy to be a leader. You just have… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
“I regarded the pumpkin thief's worst nightmare: splotchy coat, tattered ears, sleeping death rattle. "He gums robbers to death?" I asked. "What… — Joan Bauer Death Copy Share Image
The problem with the heart is how it can have so many opposite feelings coursing through it all at the same time.… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
“I stood up, and my pants ripped completely across the seam. It was inevitable, but for once in my life, my timing… — Joan Bauer Life Copy Share Image
You know where we got stuck? We were looking for faithfull, loving and perfect relationships-males who were always glad to see us."… — Joan Bauer Animal Copy Share Image
Almost. It’s a big word for me. I feel it everywhere. Almost home. Almost happy. Almost changed. Almost, but not quite. Not… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
“COOK’S TIP: Bake every day. If you have to leave town fast, you’ll always have something good to eat in the car.” — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
...It isn't the problems along the way that make us or break us. It's how we learn to stand and face them… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
Have you ever noticed that it takes a textbook dozens of pages to say what normal people can cover fast? Example: What… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
You could lie to me. You could tell me to be encouraged, that good will triumph over evil.""Good will triumph over evil,"… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image