250 quotes found
Author · American · 1950
American author (born 1950)
“Some people expect things to fall into their lap. Oh, they might work a bit for it. I'll just shake this tree, and if I shake it long enough that pretty red apple will plop right into my hand. Neve...”
“I'm going to treat myself to one of these as a reward for not knocking himself unconscious with a skillet.”
“A bit of sniffles and men are more work than a brood of babies.”
“She fell silent, remembering the jolt of envy and longing shed felt when shed framed the Browns in her viewfinder. Now, weeks and miles later, it was another jolt for Bryan to realize she hadnt bru...”
“Its never simple. Avery slid an arm around Hopes waist. It shouldnt be. Because being with someone should matter enough to be at least a little bit complicated.”
“She walked with a ghost of herself, one full of potential and possibility. One who was fearless. Where had that girl gone?”
“We've got this heat going on, that's all. If it's all the same to you, I'd rather not go into that end ofthings.""Oh, it's all the same to me. You're both adults and you got two working brains betw...”
“Love's a gift, and can certainly be refused. Refusing doesn't destroy the gift, it simply puts it aside. You're free to do that. I'm not expecting a gift in return. Take what's offered, especially ...”
“People in hell want snowcones.”
“Compromise isn't so painful if you're the one setting the terms.”
“It's Salvation. When Jen told me I had a vision. A vision Rena. I think I saw the blessed mother smiling and she was hold ing a loofa.[In regards to moving out of dorms and having three bathrooms b...”
“Anyone that has character leaves a mark on another. Would you like to leave the world without making a ripple?”
“Anyone who said money didn't matter had never had to count the coins that fell between the cushions of the couch.”
“Don't you want me to kiss you goodbye, sweetie?""Kiss a cow farm boy”
“I know what it is to be pushed in a direction you don't want to go, or one you're not ready for. People say they know what's best for you. Maybe sometimes it's true. But it doesn't matter if they k...”
“God I'm crazy about him.""It's early yet for crazy isn't it?""Don't you know when you know? Five minutes, five years - how does that change what you know? I wanted to know with the man I was with b...”
“Anything worth anything can be found in books.”
“He loved his job. What was advertising, anyway, but a knowledge of people and of which buttons to push to nudge them into opening their wallets?It was, he often though, an accepted, creative, even ...”
“Fate. You could never anticipate it.”
“Niall: We're tossed by the winds of fate. Once we end where they blow us, we make of ourselves that we will.”
