38 Quotes & Sayings By Amy Neftzger

Amy Neftzger is an American novelist and story consultant. Her work has been published in print and on screen, including the films The Devil's Advocate, Grosse Pointe Blank, The Princess Diaries, and The Wedding Planner. Amy is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Columbia University. She lives with her husband and two children in California.

Words and magic are two powerful forces that can change...
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Words and magic are two powerful forces that can change the world. Amy Neftzger
Time is the wave upon the shore. It takes some...
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Time is the wave upon the shore. It takes some things away, but it brings other things. Amy Neftzger
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People experience books so very differently. Amy Neftzger
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Opinions are a useless currency Amy Neftzger
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Things spoken in love always become reality. Amy Neftzger
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Reality can be very boring. Amy Neftzger
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When I look over my past, I see that the stages in my life are like the phases of the moon. I've had periods where I was the waxing gibbous: fat with wealth and success. There have been other seasons when my happiness was like the waning crescent and I watched my joy fade away slowly, merging with the atmosphere around me as if it never existed. Then I felt as if I was left with nothing more than an illusion, but happiness returns in time and glows once more in corpulent fullness. It's time that makes the difference. Amy Neftzger
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Without stories, we’d have even more trouble recognizing what’s real. Amy Neftzger
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Death is only as strong as you believe it to be. Amy Neftzger
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Choices are powerful things. In fact, they’re more powerful than most things. Amy Neftzger
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Words often outlive the people who create them. Amy Neftzger
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Sometimes the most appropriate response to an attack is to not engage, especially in situations where your own words may be used as weapons against you. Amy Neftzger
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That’s the first step to learning: admitting what you don’t know. Amy Neftzger
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The things that truly define me can’t be lost. Amy Neftzger
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Memories are not always the best measure of things. Amy Neftzger
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All great roads are paved with uncomfortable memories. Amy Neftzger
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Magic is always there. Sometimes it just takes an artist to find it and show the rest of us where to look. Amy Neftzger
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There are no miracles on Mondays. Amy Neftzger
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The worst kind of brokenness is the kind that you don’t know you have. Amy Neftzger
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It's 4:58 on Friday afternoon. Do you know where your margarita is? Amy Neftzger
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It takes darkness inside of a person to see it in others. Amy Neftzger
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The problem with Fate is that no matter how many times you call out to her, she has her own timing that’s irrelevant to whatever anyone else happens to be doing Amy Neftzger
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Do you believe that evil and tragedy are always planned? You don’t think Fortune has anything to do with it? Amy Neftzger
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Scars can mark you for greatness. Amy Neftzger
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I'm pretty sure that eating chocolate keeps wrinkles away because I have never seen a 10 year old with a Hershey bar and crows feet. Amy Neftzger
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I love the optimism on the shores of youth, where time hasn't yet eroded faith. Amy Neftzger
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It doesn’t take objectivity to know what you want, and you’re not objective enough to know what you need. Amy Neftzger
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I have a choice. That’s why I’m still here. Amy Neftzger
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Truth is a broken mirror, but it can still help anyone to see clearly. Amy Neftzger
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I don’t have to be logical. I’m a leopard. We’re considered wild animals, you know. (Spoken by Megan.) Amy Neftzger
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Imperfections don’t make something ugly. Amy Neftzger
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They don’t see what they’re doing. The only thing they see are their intentions. Amy Neftzger
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How is destruction beautiful?" He asked in a challenging tone." You may think that a broken egg is ugly and messy, " she answered, "but the cake it goes into is beautiful and won't hold together without it."" Eggs don't get blown up. They get broken."" You've never seen me bake, " she replied with a smirk. Amy Neftzger
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Failure to shed tears is a failure to live life fully. And the one thing that life requires of us all is to live it. Never be embarrassed by your ability to be alive. Amy Neftzger
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Miracles need people as much as people need miracles. Amy Neftzger
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If miracles were easy, the would be everywhere. Amy Neftzger
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Fortune frowns as often as he smiles, and you don’t want to be in his line of sight when he does. Amy Neftzger