63 quotes found
“His biggest gripe with religion was the concept of heaven, of paradise, that we could only get there after we died. He said any philosophy that cared more about life after death than life before de...”
“The things she could do with her mouth would blow any man off course.”
“You are something different something some people find strange and fearful but what you are is as natural as being male or female.”
“You call the police if your car gets stolen. You dont call them for anything that matters.”
“I know you want to fuck me. And I know you wish you didnt. So how about we compromise and you can sit here and say, No, Nora, Dont, Nora, Stop, Nora, and Ill ignore all those protests and slide rig...”
“Stop writing what you know and start writing what you want to know.”
“Being happy is the best revenge.”
“Youre looking at this choice like its right versus wrong. Its not right versus wrong. Its right versus left. Youre at a crossroads. You can go left or rightboth are good options. Thats why its so h...”
“Only afterward did the guilt set in--the guilt that for a few minutes he let himself stop feeling guilty.”
“How are you going to get revenge against dead people? Dig em up and stake em through the heart?I asked myself that same question, and I think I know the answer. You destroy what they loved, and you...”
“A hostage?""They used the word slave, but isnt' it the same thing? Isn't that what you'd call it if someone stole me and put me in a house and wouldn't let me leave? Isn't it?”
“Let go with me. Let me comfort you with my body...there's no shame in forgetting for a night even if you know you'll remember in the morning.”
“I dont believe in ghosts and neither should you, Kingsley.Why not? Ive been in love with a ghost for thirty years. Kingsley strolled over to the armchair and sat on the ottoman between the other ma...”
“...I always feel like a better person when I'm on the water. The air smelled cleaner here. The water seemed purer. She wanted to strip off her clothes and dive off the side of the boat and let the ...”
“Maybe it was simply human nature to only love a thing after losing it. Maybe they should all lose more things so they can appreciate what they had.”
“I love the scent of winter. I love the scent of winter enough to suffer the cold for it.”
“Broken love is the most dangerous love. It will slice you open with every touch.”
“Faye keeps forgetting what she'll be giving up if she decides to stay here. Access to modern medicine, for starters. In 2015 people can survive cancer, tuberculosis, scarlet fever. Vaccines eradica...”
“It's been a long time since I felt something like hope. Don't ask me to give it up for Netflix and a Prius.”
“Youre white. Youre straight. Youre well educated, healthy and beautiful. Every time is for people like you.”
