Vanessa Diffenbaugh Motivational Quotes:
We are more and more into technology. Everything is texting, and everything is instant. Flowers are completely impractical as a method of communication when you could just send a text.
Vanessa Diffenbaugh
I was a screenwriting and studio art major in college, so even though I don’t have any training as a floral designer, I have a very particular visual aesthetic.
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH
I don’t think there is anything magical about the language of flowers in real life or in my book.
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH
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I founded Camellia Network with my dear friend Isis Dallis Keigwin. The mission of our organization is to create a national network that connects every youth aging out of foster care to the critical resources, opportunities, and support they need to thrive in adulthood.
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH
At Camellia Network, we believe if we can create a way of identifying every young person aging out of foster care, defining what they need, and giving a community of supporters a simple and clear way to fulfill those needs, we can produce radically improved outcomes for youth.
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH
My last book, ‘The Language of Flowers,’ I wrote completely on naptime, when my little kids were asleep.
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH
First drafts are never any good – at least, mine aren’t.
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH
I think that the hardest thing about working with young people in foster care who’ve been through this kind of neglect and abuse is really to convince them that they are worthy of being loved. And I think because often they don’t feel worthy of it, that’s why they push people away.
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH
You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving – even if it’s angry and disappointed – what’s important is that you’re being real and honest and not going anywhere.
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH
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My husband was working as principal of an urban transformation high school – the kind of public charter school determined to do whatever it takes to give its mostly minority, low-income student body the education they need and deserve to be successful in life.
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH
I’m very interested in getting inside the heads of people society discards, people on the fringe, especially immigrant kids. We dismiss them without getting into details of who they are.
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH
I’ve worked with homeless kids, kids in foster care, and I’ve never met a kid who couldn’t be reached.
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH