Linda Ellerbee Quotes

“People are pretty much alike. It's only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities.”

“Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.”

“I want to know why if men rule the world they don't stop wearing neckties.”

“In the coldest February as in every other month in every other year the best thing to hold on to in this world is each other.”

“[My father] was generous with his affection given to great awkward engulfing hugs and I can remember so clearly the smell of his hugs all starched shirt tobacco Old Spice and Cutty Sark. Sometimes I think I've never been properly hugged since.”

“I think laughter may be a form of courage.... As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh and I think we are never more brave than when we do that.”

“I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that.”

“If you believe in your heart that you are right, then you must fight with all your might to do it your way. Only dead fish swim with the stream all the time.”

“It's not just the cheerleading thing I have a problem with, it's the whole jock enchilada. I'm all for a good game of basketball in teh driveway or a killer bike ride. But when there's tackling and grunting involved-- no thanks.”

“Write from the heart. A book without a pulse is like a person without a spirit." Linda Radke, President of Five Star Publications”