6 Quotes & Sayings By Betsy Schow

Betsy Schow is a Washington, DC journalist who has covered the White House, Congress, and other national politics for over twenty years. She was a columnist for US News & World Report and has also written for The New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications. She has appeared on television and radio programs across the country to discuss issues of national policy, including CNN's Crossfire, ABC News This Week, FOX News Sunday, C-SPAN's Booknotes, NPR's Talk of the Nation, and many others. Schow is also author of seven nonfiction books including "The Nine Lives Of Otto Mona Lisa," "Misreading American History," "Great Presidents Eat Chocolate," "And So It Goes," "The Ten Commandments Of Dining And Entertaining," "The Ten Commandments Of Home Furnishing," and "A Brilliant Madness."

Hope is like a balloon. It seems like it swells...
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Hope is like a balloon. It seems like it swells up just so someone else can pop it in your face. Betsy Schow
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You never know what you're gonna find when you look under those covers - grandma or the wolf. Betsy Schow
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Snark is a fabulous defense mechanism. Betsy Schow
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Dear Grimm, we’re not in Emerald anymore.” I started to hyperventilate. Rexi remained sprawled on her back. She barely opened an eye at my hysterics. “Duh. Betsy Schow
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First, I spit out a mouthful of dirt. Then, I screamed at the sky. “That’s it! I’ve had it! Everything is trying to kill me! All I did was make one stupid wish. Aladdin made three. I’m the hero of this story, so where’s my happy ending, already? It’s not fair.” Rexi bent over, trying to catch her breath. “You know what’s not fair? Spending Muse Day as a toad just because the kitchen ran out of frog legs. Or being volunteered for this little journey. So build a bridge, then make like a billy goat and get over it already because no one is listening. Betsy Schow