“A friend sat next to a nun on a plane. He asked her what she missed most. "Wearing blue jeans," she replied.” — Amy Krouse Rosenthal Copy Share Image
From the earliest age on, even as we toy with it, we instinctively know there is something mighty about the truth, that it is… — Amy Krouse Rosenthal Copy Share Image
I am a slow reader, and fast eater; I wish it were the other way around. — Amy Krouse Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“To get a true sense of the book, I have to spend a few moments inside. I'll glance at the first couple pages, then flip around to somewhere in the middle, see if the language matches me somehow. It's like dating, only with sentences…It could be something as simple yet weirdly potent as a single word (tangerine). We're meant to… — Amy Krouse Rosenthal Copy Share
“A good soup attracts chairs. This is an African proverb. I can hear the shuffling and squeaking on the wood floor, the gathering 'round.… — Amy Krouse Rosenthal Copy Share Image
At the end of life, at the end of YOUR life, what essence emerges? What have you filled the world with? In remembering you,… — Amy Krouse Rosenthal Copy Share Image
No one ever went to their deathbed saying, 'You know, I wish I'd eaten more rice cakes. — Amy Krouse Rosenthal Copy Share Image
Peace means no one is worried about anyone else's cookie...in this moment we are all quietly content with the cookies we have. — Amy Krouse Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“My brother, who grew up with three sisters, was I won't say how many years old when he finally realized that he did not… — Amy Krouse Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“On the occasions where we do have to participate, to do more than nothing, it is desirable to have a glass of wine to… — Amy Krouse Rosenthal Copy Share Image
