quotes – Alica McKenna Johnson

August 21 2013

This is what I have to live with.

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So I’ve been writing down the odd, creepy, and sometimes funny things my children have said. Please enjoy. “I always try to have a magnesium block when running from bad guys.” –Logan “Mom, that’s not how obsession works.” – Tala “I want Dad to divorce you and become gay and marry Adam Lambert or Cheeks […]

November 16 2011

Fear is the mind killer. I must not … SPIDER!!!!

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“Scared and sacred are spelled with the same letters. Awful proceeds from the same root word as awesome. Terrify and terrific. Every negative experience holds the seed of transformation.” – Alan Cohen I am my own worst enemy. It is my fear of failing and my fear of succeeding that traps me. I stall at […]

November 9 2011

Woes of a Validation Whore

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“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.” – Mark Twain I like validation, most people do, but I find that without the validation of others I have trouble believing something about myself to be true. I was a good student. I know this because I got As and Bs, and the teachers […]

May 25 2011

Wise, Witty and Wacky Wednesday

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Today I have a quote for you. I love quotes in my YA novel each chapter starts with a quote. My plan is to posts quotes here that are simply too long to work for my novel, but moved me. “There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most […]