218 quotes found
“If I want to catch the damn worm I get outta bed.”
“Some people are street-smart, some people are book-smart, but most people are just dumber than dirt.”
“I am a very good cook. When she did cook.Good. I like to eat. He lightly bit her palm.The too-much-air feeling in Lucys stomach pressed upward into her heart. What? she asked past the constriction ...”
“He's just a flash in the pants.”
“Luck is merely a product of the happily delusional mind.”
“Life is what you make it. Unless some guy finds you with his girl. Then the ball's pretty much in his court.”
“You're just so lucky blood's so hard to get out of the carpet.”
“You're gonna sit down. You're gonna shut up. And by the grace of God Almighty, I ain't gonna kill you.”
“Every morning I read the obituaries. If it ain't there I make myself a cup of tea and carry on like I have the past century or so.”
“When in doubt, shoot 1st and ask questions later, but avoid the head, "because they'rea lot more likely to answer if they're not dead.”
“Honesty is the best policy. But insanity is a hell of a lot more effective in court. So your set, McMullen”
“Breaking up is hard to do. But, bustin him in the head ain't that easy, either.”
“They say love makes the world go around I been dizzy for a long time.”
“Sex is all right, but a hot fudge sundae don't never ask if the baby's really his.”
“I fear that someday you will abandon the joys we share and find another not worthy of your charms.”
“Excerpt from page 3 of "Wicked Washington"Shelly Williams, the main character, speaking about her life:And close and dangerous calls were almost my last name. Yet I felt as comfortable among the st...”
“....They're called "better halves" for a reason, I guess. You can't have one half that's worse than you. It'd be a disaster.”
“Norman picked up a sketch, glanced at it, then put it back down on the table. "I saw Bea Williamson this morning," he said in a low voice. "Lurking about looking for cut glass." "Oh, of course," Mi...”
“It seemed to me that Mr. Forrester would approve of a woman who could follow him in conversation and not be baffled by ledgers and currency conversions. I had grossly overestimated him.”
“Another tug and a yank at my chestnut curls and she snarls at me, You are so much like her.This is something my mother often says and never explains. Though it is a great mystery to me it is also a...”
