4 Quotes & Sayings By Lisa Kogan

Lisa Kogan is a writer and education consultant. She has been published in DreamSpirit Magazine and was selected as a semifinalist for the PEN Voices Emerging Writers Award. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two children.

A rose is not its thorns, a peach is not...
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A rose is not its thorns, a peach is not its fuzz and a human being is not his or her crankiness. Lisa Kogan
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When I was extremely young and shockingly stupid, I thought you weren't supposed to ever get angry at anybody you cared about (lest you suspect I'm exaggerating the "shockingly stupid" part, I also thought Mount Rushmore was a natural phenomenon). I honestly believed that people who were truly in love would never dream of having a good, old-fashioned, knock-down, drag-out fight. I guess when you're the type of girl who walks around thinking that the wind just sort of sculpted Teddy Roosevelt into the side of a mountain, the concept of a fairy-tale relationship makes total sense. Lisa Kogan
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I believe in love. I believe it transforms, transports, and transcends. I believe it fine-tunes goodness, solidifies strength, ripens resolve, eradicates rage, alleviates stress, and elevates empathy. Lisa Kogan