"By Pushcart award-winning poet Maggie Smith, a collection of quotes and essays on facing life's challenges with creativity, courage, and resilience"-- When poet Smith started writing daily Twitter posts in the wake of her divorce, they unexpectedly caught fire. Here she writes about new beginnings as opportunities for transformation. Like kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending broken ceramics with gold, she celebrates the beauty and strength on the...

Pet the cat shares some of his favorite quotes from famous people about the subject of love, and adds his own groovy take to them.

"Since the publication of her first autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou has been celebrated as one of America's most important writers. A National Book Award winner and Pulitzer Prize nominee, she lent her signature voice to countless works of literature, her words indelibly imprinted on the hearts of millions. Inspired by the woman who has inspired us all, Rainbow in the Cloud offers more than 200 of Dr. Angelou's most pivotal...

Through the centuries, much has been said and written about religion. But while entire libraries are filled with books on the subject, it is only the occasional paragraph or phrase that is truly memorable. Now, in this new Concise Dictionary of Religious Quotations, a distinguished chruchman, scholar, and author has drawn together more than 2,500 of the best and most perceptive religiously inspired observations. Arranged by subject, these carefully...

"Virginia Ann Byrd challenges, encourages, and inspires your writing. In I'm Still Writing, beloved female writers, both past and present, share their thoughts on the joy and struggle of writing. Their words will nurture and challenge your writing, inviting you to dive deeper into your creativity and find power on the page. Author Virginia Ann Byrd has gathered the words and wisdom of women writers-from different backgrounds, traditions, and times-pairing...

"Shunryu Suzuki's extraordinary gift for presenting traditional Zen teachings using ordinary language is well-known to the countless readers of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. In Zen Is Right Now-a companion volume to Zen Is Right Here-Suzuki's teachings are brought to life through stories told by his students and selected quotes from his lectures. These living encounters with Zen are poignant, direct, humorous, paradoxical, and enlightening; and their...

Answering girls' questions from around the globe about diversity and inclusion, raising hands, speaking up, and standing out, The Epic Mentor Guide is your early inside track to the work world.Created by Illana Raia, founder of the mentorship platform Être, and featuring women who remember what it felt like to take that first step on their career path, this book is for every girl building a future. --Provided by the publisher.

William Jefferson Clinton was America's 42nd president and the first Democrat since Franklin Roosevelt to be elected to a second term. Bill Clinton presided over the longest to a second term. Bill Clinton presided over the longest history, balancing the federal budget and turning a deficit into a surplus. A gifted politician and an eloquent speaker, Clinton's words gave hope and inspiration to many. Collected here are nearly 100 of his finest quotations....

"A collection of Julia Child's quotations"-- Julia Child taught America how to cook-- and how to eat. She loved to quip, and people loved to quote her. This volume compiles some of Julia's most memorable lines on the pleasures of eat, drinking, life, love, travel, France, and so much more. -- adapted from back cover and "A Note on the Quotes" opposite verso.