“That's what friends should do. cherish the good and pretend not to notice the harmless rest.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“It's how we survive the hurt in life that brings us strength and gives us beauty.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“Life is full of change, honey. That's how we learn and grow. When we're born, the Good Lord gives each of us a Life Book. Chapter by chapter, we live and learn... When a chapter of your Life Book is complete, your spirit knows it's time to turn the page so a new chapter can begin. Even when you're scared or think you're not ready, your spirit knows you are.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“Don't go wasting all them bright tomorrows you ain't even seen by hanging on to what happened yesterday. Let go, child. Just breathe out and let go.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“[She] was a remarkable looking woman. Remarkable in that she wasn’t what most people would call beautiful. But she oozed a raw femaleness that I was certain made most women uncomfortable and sent men walking into walls. And when she smiled. Well. That was magic.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“don't grow up to fast, darling. Age is inevitable, but if you nuture a childlike heart, you'll never ever grow old.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“It's what we believe about ourselves that determines how others see us.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“Life don't wait for nobody, and even as special as you are, it ain't gonna wait for you, neither. So it's time to make up your mind that you're gonna join it.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“Now there's something else I know. You might not think you're grieving, but grief comes in all sorts of ways. There's the kind of grief that leaves you numb, and the kind of grief that rips your world in half. And then there's another kind of grief that doesn't feel like grief at all. Its like a tiny splinter you don't even know you have until it festers so deep it has nowhere left to go but into your soul. I think that's the hardest kind of grief there is because you know you're hurting but you don't know why.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“It's how we survive the hurts in life that brings us strength and gives us our beauty.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“…It’s my fire… Everyone needs to find the one thing that brings out her passion. It’s what we do and share with the world that matters…far too many people die with a heart that’s gone flat with indifference, and it surely must be a terrible way to go. Life will offer us amazing opportunities, but we have got to be wide-awake to recognize them… it’s in that you’ll find your calling in life. That’s where true happiness and purpose lies. You’ll never be fulfilled if you don’t. Aunt Tootie The Saving of CeeCee Honeycutt”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“That's life out there. See how it's movin? Even the leaves on the trees is movin'. Life don't wait for nobody, and even as special as you are, it ain't gonna wait for you, neither. So it's time to make up your mind that you're gonna join it.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“far too many people die with a heart thats gone flat with indiferance, and it surely must be a terrible way to go. Life will offer amazing oppurtunities, but we've got to be wide-awake to recognize them.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“But lately,' she said, wiggling her bare toes, 'I find all men to be very much like wearing high-heeled shoes -- I love how pretty they make me feel, but by the end of the night I can't wait to get rid of them.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“I loved this time of night, how everything softened and lost the hard edges of day, and how, if the wind moved just right, the live oaks would murmur tender green words across the shadowy lawn. Sitting with a book in the warm circle of light from the table lamp had become my favorite way to end the day.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“But if you have so much fun, then why don't you get together more than once a month?'
She looked at me like a wise old owl and winked. 'Do something too often and it stops being special.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“Don't grow up too fast, Darling. Age is inevitable, but if you nurture a childlike heart, you'll never, ever grow old.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“What's the difference between eccentric and crazy?'
She lifted her hands above her head, tapped her zills together, and danced out the door. From over her shoulder she laughed and called out, 'Nobody knows!”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“The human mind is an amazing thing. It protects us when we can't protect ourselves. Sometimes when we're holding pain and it gets to be too heavy or goes too deep, we have to give in to it, let it knock us over and pull us all the way down. Once we hit bottom, we rest in a quiet place for a while. Then, when the pain eases and we're ready to face the world again, we come right back up.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“Oysters are a lot like women. It's how we survive the hurts in life that brings us strength and gives us our beauty.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“She glanced over her shoulder at the house, which was now bathed in a warm tint of yellow from the sun. "Yes, everyone needs to find the one thing that brings out her passion. Its what we do and share with the world that matters. I believe its important that we leave our communities in better shape that we found them. Cecelia Rose," she said, reaching for my hand, "Far too many people die with a heart that's gone flat with indifference, and it surely must be a terrible way to go. Life will offer us amazing opportunities, but we've got to be awake to recognize them."
She rested her hands on my shoulders and looked into my eyes. "If there's one thing I'd like most for you, its that you'll find your calling in life. That's where true happiness and purpose lie. Whether its taking care of abandoned animals, saving old houses from the wreckin' ball or reading to the blind, you've got to find your fire, sugar. You'll never be fulfilled if you don't."
"But how will I know what my fire is?"
"Oh, you'll know. One day you'll do something, see something or get an idea that seems to pop up from nowhere. And you'll feel a kind of stirring- like a warm flicker inside your chest. When that happens, whatever you do, don't ignore it. Open your mind and explore the idea. Fan your flame. And when you do, you'll have found it.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“far too many people die with a heart that's gone flat with indifference, and it surely must be a terrible way to go. Life will offer us amazing opportunities, but we've got to be wide-awke to recognize them.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“Friday is a purple-velvet-sofa day for some poor woman who's finally reclaimed her life. A purple velvet sofa is a gal's symbol of freedom.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“She wore her sadness on the outside, like a heavy winter coat.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“c'mon now, honey, don't be mad at me. I don't mean to lie, I just remember big.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“1. "It is what we believe about ourselves that determines how others see us"
2. (regarding friends) "cherish the good and pretend not to notice the harmless rest"
3. "oysters are a lot like women. It's how we survive the hurts in life that brings us strength and gives us our beauty”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“Ain't no sun in the kitchen without your face lookin' up at me.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“Do you have a pet bird?' I asked, looking around the room.
'Oh, heavens, no. I'd never cage a bird. I can't imagine a worse fate, can you? I bought this cage at a market in Peru several years ago. I hung it here and wired the door open to remind myself how delicious freedom is -- financial and otherwise.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“Lucille always loved a strong breeze. She said it was nature's way of blowing away our sorrows.'
Just then another gust of wind whipped around us. Aunt Tootie smiled. I smiled too.”
― Beth Hoffman, quote from Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
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“Watching the hole in the ever-fading light. It’s the size of a baby now, closing all the time. Narrower and narrower, until there’s barely room to fit an arm through. I’m thinking about quenching the light before the hole shuts—this is just torture—when a face suddenly appears. It’s Bran. The spell has passed and he’s come back. He wants to get through, to be with me. But the hole’s too small. He punches it, pulls at it, slips his fingers into the gap and strains with all his might—but it’s no good. The rock continues to grind together. The hole gets smaller, the width of a finger now.
At the last moment, Bran presses his mouth up to the hole and roars with raw pain and loss, at the top of his voice, “Bec!” It’s the only time he’s ever uttered my name. Anyone’s name. His anguished cry stabs at my heart and tears spring to my eyes. I open my mouth to shout his own name back, to offer whatever small shred of comfort I can… but then the rock closes all the way and a fierce rumbling drowns out the echoes of Bran’s cry.
I stare at the solid rock. My mouth closes. The light fades. Darkness.”
― Darren Shan, quote from Bec
“But that is the way it is with all oracles, Jack. When that which is foreseen comes to pass, the inquirer is no longer the same person he was when he posed the question. It is impossible to make a man understand what he will become with the passage of time; and it is only a future self to whom a prophecy is truly relevant.”
― Roger Zelazny, quote from Jack of Shadows
“Amy decided she was never watching Animal Planet again.”
― Jude Watson, quote from Beyond the Grave
“Boys or girls?” “Boys,” he said again immediately, and I blinked. “Really?” “Babe, my life, girls?” He shook his head and kept shaking it when he went on, “Your beauty, even a little of it, you give that to our baby?” He stopped shaking his head and his fingers gave me a gentle squeeze. “Fuck no. I’ll need to buy more guns and hire more men.” I giggled. “Make me boys,” he ordered. I giggled again.”
― Kristen Ashley, quote from Knight
“You’re my air, Evie. Without you, I drown in breathless sky.”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Iniquity
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