22 quotes found
“We all need to play in our part in this”
“Wisdom ain't a virtue I ever aspired to.”
“But tears don't bring back the dead. I learned that.”
“I laugh. Yer crazy, I says.I was fine till I met you, he says.”
“We like to think were in charge of our own lives, but we aint.”
“We like to think we’re in charge of our own lives, but we ain’t.”
“Don't give in to fear. Be strong, like i know you are. An never give up, d'you unnerstand, never. No matter what happens.I stare at him.I won't, I says. I ain't no quitter, Pa.That's my girl.”
“Ever heard of the rule of three? he shouts as we run.No!If you save somebody's life three times, their life belongs to you. You saved my life today, that makes once. Save it twice more an I'm all y...”
“Marry me, he says. I got all my own teeth, I wash twice a year an I'll cut you in fer half the business here.”
“Fer in our dreams we find ourselves. Who we were. Who we are. Who we can become. Sleep. Dream.”
“There are some people, she says, not many, who have within them the power to change things. The courage to act in the service of somethin greater than themselves.”
“Lugh goes first always first an I follow on behind. An that's fine. That's right. That's how it's meant to be.”
“I weep fer the livin. I weep fer the dead. I weep fer the yet to be born.”
“I ain't never seen a creature like that before, she says. He's so smart, he's-More, like a person than a bird? I says.Yeah, she says. That's it.Whatever you do, I says, don't tell him that. I'll ne...”
“This might not mean much to you right now, but fer what it's worth, I'll tell you. Maybe I know better'n most. Life ain't black an white. People ain't neether. Family, friends, lovers. It's all a l...”
“There's some wounds that run too deep to be seen. They're the most dangerous.”
“Maybe I did mean to kill myself. I didn't think it outright but...maybe the truth is, I didn't--I don't--much care one way or th'other.”
“The mask's back in place. The heard-it-all smile. The seen-it-all eyes.”
“You look at me with them eyes of yers, an I look at yer lips... an all I can think about is what it'ud be like to kiss you.”
“How can you make light of it? I says. What should I do? She says. Cry fer the rest of my life? Molly of the Many Sorrows?...You got battle scars. This is mine, she says. You know what it tells me? ...”
“Sometimes the strong give birth to the weak. An sometimes the weak grow to be strong”
