Joan Bauer Quotes

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• My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn't have any excuse to be stupid.

  Joan Bauer

  Stupid, Book, Grandma

  Joan Bauer (1999). “Rules of the road”

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• ...Difficult relationships come into our lives for a reason. No one would choose them, certainly. But if we let them, they can teach us how to be flexible with others and more forgiving.

  Joan Bauer

  Forgiving, Difficult Relationship, Reason

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• I'll tell you something about tough times. They just about kill you, but if you decide to keep working at them, you'll find your way through.

  Joan Bauer

  Tough Times, Way, Food Network

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• I'm working hard to have a good life.
  You don't need fancy things to feel good.
  You can hug a puppy.
  You can buy a can of paint and surround yourself with color.
  You can plant a flower and watch it grow.
  You can decide to trust people, the right people.
  You can decide to start over and let other people start over, too.

  Joan Bauer

  Good Life, Flower, Color

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• You've got to love yourself with all your short comings, and you've got to love the world no matter how bad it gets.

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  Love Yourself, Inspiration, World

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Hope Was Here”, p.40, Penguin

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• When you have something so important, something that you'll stay awake for, something you know that you were designed to do, well, it's worth getting a few dark circles, don't you think?

  Joan Bauer

  Dark, Thinking, Circles

  Joan Bauer (2009). “Peeled”, p.158, Penguin

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• We read to learn and to grow, to laugh, to be motivated, and to understand things we've never been exposed to. We read for strength to help us when we feel broken, discouraged or afraid. We read to find hope. We read because we're not just made up of skin and bones, and a deep need for chocolate, but we're also made up of words, words which describe our thoughts and what's hidden in our hearts.

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  Heart, Broken, Laughing

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• Like my grandmother always said, 'you never know the blessings that come from suffering.

  Joan Bauer

  Grandmother, Blessing, Suffering

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• A heart will say amazing things if it's given half a chance.

  Joan Bauer

  Heart, Half, Chance

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Squashed”, p.83, Penguin

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• Words are such powerful things. We can rip somebody apart with them, we can write words down that can forever hurt another person. We can use them to tell stories and lies. We can misquote them and change what other people said to make ourselves look good.

  Joan Bauer

  Hurt, Powerful, Rip

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• Sometimes you've got to shout the truth and wake people up.

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  People, Sometimes

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Stand Tall”, p.84, Penguin

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• Almost. It’s a big word for me. I feel it everywhere. Almost home. Almost happy. Almost changed. Almost, but not quite. Not yet. Soon, maybe. I’m hoping hard for that.

  Joan Bauer

  Home, Bigs, Changed

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• when hope gets released in a place, all kinds of things are possible

  Joan Bauer

  Kind, All Kinds

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Hope Was Here”, p.57, Penguin

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• When we don't have the words chocolate can speak volumes.

  Joan Bauer

  Chocolate, Speak, Funny Chocolate

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Backwater”, p.53, Penguin

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• Sometimes the best thing that can happen to a person is to have a puppy lick your face.

  Joan Bauer

  Faces, Puppy, Sometimes

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• You don't know which way a thing will come at you, but you need to welcome it with your whole heart which ever way it arrives.

  Joan Bauer

  Heart, Needs, Way

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• You don't understand how much light you have until the lights go out.

  Joan Bauer

  Light

  Joan Bauer (2009). “Peeled”, p.158, Penguin

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• ...It isn't the problems along the way that make us or break us. It's how we learn to stand and face them that makes the difference.

  Joan Bauer

  Differences, Way, Faces

  Joan Bauer (1999). “Rules of the road”

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• When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian.

  Joan Bauer

  Reading, Book, Naps

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• Mountains draw you to a deeper place in yourself

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  Mountain, Draws, Deeper

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Backwater”, p.9, Penguin

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• Staring down hard truth takes guts.

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  Staring, Guts, Hard

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Hope Was Here”, p.33, Penguin

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• Librarians understand about power - they know how to find anything.

  Joan Bauer

  Librarian, Know How, Knows

  Joan Bauer (2006). “Best Foot Forward”, p.101, Penguin

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• And we learned that you don't have to be famous or rich or physically healthy to be a leader. You just have to try to be a true person. We learned that helping other people brings out the good in everybody.

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  Helping Others, People, Leader

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Hope Was Here”, p.116, Penguin

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• Everything's got a purpose, really - you just have to look for it. Cats are good at keeping old dogs alive. Loss helps you reach for gain. Death helps you celebrate life. War helps you work for peace. A flood makes you glad you're still standing. And a tall boy can stop the wind so a candle of hope can burn bright.

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  Dog, War, Cat

  "Stand Tall". Book by Joan Bauer, August 26, 2002.

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• I hope you'll have the kind of life where what you stand for is so important that it makes some people outright hostile. You won't know how strong your beliefs really are until you have to defend them.

  Joan Bauer

  Strong, People, Important

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