Gifted and Gone: Speak, Street Momma - Tapa blanda

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.
(Philo of Alexandria)

A friend with AIDS is still a friend.
(Written on a school building in South Africa)

A real estate agent was showing an elderly woman a house in a bad neighborhood. As they headed up the stairs, there were boys next door yelling "Rocks and Blows! Rocks and Blows!" The elderly woman said, "Ain't the boys nice. They are telling people to lock their doors, lock their doors. This is a nice neighborhood." The real estate agent replied, "Yes maam."
(Told to Ralph Reed, a real estate agent, by one of his colleagues)

Book Reviews:

This collection of quotations sayings, poems, etc. is an insight to the personality of Carol Giles. Like you can't stop eating Jays potato chips, you can't stop reading Carol's quotations.
(Marilyn Burk, Assistant Principal)

With Streetwise cutting wit, Carol Giles captures not only the sarcastic edge of the West Side of Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood, but insights into the humanity in us all.
(Howard Gold, English Teacher)

This is a very intelligent collection of material that utilizes the principles of prose, poetry and verse to convey thought, provocative witticisms that are refreshing and memorable.
(William Somerville Jr., M. D.)

AutobiographyI earned a degree in Biology from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Masters of Arts in Individualized Learning from Concordia University. I continued to participate in a multiplicity of workshops and seminars in order to attempt to keep pace in this super-technological society. In light of this, I have been dubbed a perennial as well as a student as well as a part-time author.My philosophy is that life is simple, and it gets simpler especially when you surround yourself with ?heavyweights? who have integrity.I am in the process of self-publishing two other books. The first one contains questions, mainly biological in nature, that people, mainly kids, asked me to respond to. The last book contains interviews with people identified with strong innate abilities (psychics).Take care of yourself and, again, try surrounding yourself with ?heavy weights? who have integrity, and you, more likely than not, will not regret it.I hope you enjoy reading this book as well as any of my other books you might read. If you would like to contribute any quotes for my next book (along with the source, if possible) by all means contact me via E-mail cgcgcg@gmail.com.Carol Giles AKA-Gifted and Gone