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Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3) QUOTES

Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3) QUOTES

1 " It’s kind of funny, really, all these years, everybody has been so busy trying to figure what life was all about, and all the while, it was just something for us to enjoy. "

― Fannie Flagg , Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3)

2 " Susie, the Weight Watchers leader, helped herself to a second helping of the sweet potatoes with the marshmallows on top, "

― Fannie Flagg , Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3)

3 " On every door the management had placed a photograph of the person so they could find their room. As he went by he saw face after face of someone who used to be young. "

― Fannie Flagg , Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3)

4 " No, tesoro, credo ancora in Dio. E' solo la parte su Adamo e Eva che mi fa sorgere un interrogativo. "

― Fannie Flagg , Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3)

5 " Almost losing one person you love shines a bright spotlight on life, and suddenly strips you of everything but your real feelings. "

― Fannie Flagg , Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3)

6 " There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. —ALBERT EINSTEIN "

― Fannie Flagg , Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3)

7 " After Elner Shimfissle accidentally poked that wasps’ nest up in her fig tree, the last thing she remembered was thinking “Uh-oh. "

― Fannie Flagg , Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3)

8 " When someone old dies, it is even sadder. First you notice that the paper doesn’t come anymore, then gradually the lights are turned out, the gas turned off, the house gets locked up, and the yard is no longer kept up, then it goes on the market and new people come in and change everything. Elner "

― Fannie Flagg , Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3)

9 " His motto: “Screw the little people.” He had lied before, and he would lie again. Ethics were for suckers. "

― Fannie Flagg , Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3)

10 " A person lives for years, touches so many people, and then at the end winds up just a small picture and a few paragraphs in the paper, the paper gets thrown away, and it’s all over. "

― Fannie Flagg , Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3)

11 " she had taught a class in oral history at the community college, and Elner Shimfissle had attended with her friend Irene Goodnight. "

― Fannie Flagg , Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3)

12 " And for those like Norma and Macky, born and raised in the forties and fifties, it was such a drastic change from that era when everyone felt safe, and your only knowledge of the Middle East was a picture on a Christmas card of a bright star shining down on a peaceful manger, not the place full of hate and rage they saw daily on the television and read about in the newspapers. "

― Fannie Flagg , Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3)

13 " There Lives More Faith in Honest Doubt,
Believe Me, Than Half the Creeds.
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson "

― Fannie Flagg , Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3)

14 " How do you know if you're making the right decision?

Easy. Just like two and two always add up to four, kindness and forgiveness is always right, hate and revenge is always wrong. "

― Fannie Flagg , Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3)

15 " Marriage. Isn't it great? Each time you fall back in love with your [spouse] it gets better and better. "

― Fannie Flagg , Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3)

16 " You see, Elner, life is like one big roller-coaster ride, with all kinds of bumps and twists and turns, and ups and downs along the way.” “Ahh,” said Elner, “so all we have to do is just sit back and enjoy it.” Raymond said, “Exactly. But the problem is … most people think they are steering, and get so busy trying to control it that they miss all the fun parts.” Elner "

― Fannie Flagg , Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3)

17 " And as far as Norma was concerned, that was the main problem with life. You never knew what was going to happen from minute to minute, and more than anything in this world, Norma hated a surprise. "

― Fannie Flagg , Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3)

18 " Just like two and two always add up to four, kindness and forgiveness is always right, hate and revenge is always wrong. It’s a fail-proof system; if you just stick to that one simple rule, why, you couldn’t make a mistake if you tried. "

― Fannie Flagg , Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3)

19 " And you can’t be happy and in a rage at the same time. "

― Fannie Flagg , Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3)

20 " Easy!” he said. “Just like two and two always add up to four, kindness and forgiveness is always right, hate and revenge is always wrong. It’s a fail-proof system; if you just stick to that one simple rule, why, you couldn’t make a mistake if you tried.” He sat back and crossed his arms. “Pretty neat, huh? "

― Fannie Flagg , Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3)