Child Star

Shirley Temple was part of my childhood - her album was played, at least in my memory, constantly. She danced, she sang, she had the attention of handsome men who adored her endlessly, even when she was bad. I thought she was the cats pajamas. Years passed and she fell off my radar, replaced by the 60's, teenhood interests, and then a family of my own. Learning of her autobiography years ago, I decided my 50's was a good time to finally read it. I'm halfway through it and while it's not riveting stuff, she manages a good turn of phrase and it's always fun to read behind the scenes stories of movies I know so well. Who knew she wet her pants while rehearsing a scene with Joel McCrea, that Gary Cooper called her "wiggle-britches", or that she single handedly rescued the movie studio from bankruptcy in the early 1930's?

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Quote of the Day:
For eleven years, I have kept a notebook of passages that have jumped out at me from any book I happen to be reading at the time. It may be something that evoked a strong emotion, or just some normal concept described in a really unique way. If it makes me think, or feel, or go wow in even the slightest way, it goes in the notebook. It's like uncovering little hidden gems when I stumble across one. I always start a book thinking, I wonder if I'll find a "keeper" in this one. I've decided to choose one of these quotes daily for the blog because a) I enjoy revisiting them, and b) for safekeeping. I'll add a comment after each one to describe why I chose it.

Today's quote: Sometimes I can feel my bones straining under all the lives I'm not living. (reference lost) Chosen because I feel like this so, SO often. It really leapt out at me and I couldn't stop reading it over and over.