Sharon > Sharon's Quotes

“Drink, my sweet Elizabeth. Drink of my élan vital as I have of yours.”
― Sharon Ricklin Jones, Ravenswynd Legends

“The razor-edge bit into my skin as a warning and seconds later, a small, warm trickle of blood slithered all the way down between my breasts. I froze solid, unable to move, scream, or breathe; once again reminded of the glaring truth: becoming a vampire didn’t mean there was nothing to fear...”
― Sharon Ricklin Jones, Ravenswynd Dreams

“His eyes burned into mine, chasing away any remaining dark shadows, and then he added in a hoarse voice, “I will love you for all eternity.”
― Sharon Ricklin Jones, Ravenswynd Destinies

“Are you okay, Maggie?” Logan asked, rousing me out of my mind-numbing speculations.
Heaving a big sigh, I turned to him and said, “I guess so.”
“Are you still worried about visiting your mother?” he asked softly.
Nodding, I said, “A little. I’m just so confused about this whole time-space-brain twister thing. And I’m afraid I might say the wrong thing and mess everything up.” I shook my head, trying to make sense of my thoughts. “I mean - what if my younger self should call my mother while I’m there visiting her? Is there really another version of me? Or by coming here from the future, did the younger me cease to exist?”
― Sharon Ricklin Jones, River of Time

“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

“There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors.”
― Adrienne Rich

“You are never too old to set another goal, or to dream a new dream.”
― Les Brown, Live Your Dreams: Les Brown's Formula and Action Planner for Achieving Success and Happiness

“Don't save your good wine/perfume/cutlery for a special moment. That moment is already here.”
― Kendall Talbot, Lost In Kakadu

“We live in a Newtonian world of Einsteinian physics ruled by Frankenstein logic. ”
― David Russell

“No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro

“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“Get busy living or get busy dying.”
― Stephen King, Different Seasons

“How do you know when it's over?"
"Maybe when you feel more in love with your memories than with the person standing in front of you.”
― Gunnar Ardelius, I Need You More Than I Love You and I Love You to Bits

“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“You do have a story inside you; it lies articulate and waiting to be written — behind your silence and your suffering.”
― Anne Rice

“He licked his lips, still looking earnest. “Sara. We had such a special connection. It was real and it was fantastic. Maybe that’s why I’ve spent so many years yearning for it too. We both knew what it was like, and we lost it. Even though you may not remember yet, it’s somewhere in here.” He reached over and touched my head. “And in there.” He pointed a finger toward my heart.
I was speechless. I stared at Jack, knowing in my heart that he was being honest and truthful. And I was overwhelmed that he understood me so well.
Turning to face me, his eyes burned with intensity. He took my hands in his and said, “I love you Sara Jordan Hamilton, and I’m willing to give you all the desires of your heart, if only you’ll let me. Nothing can take away my love for you. Not time, not distance, not even another husband.”
― Sharon Ricklin Jones, Song of Memory

“Women want love to be a novel. Men, a short story.”
― Daphne du Maurier

“I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.”
― C.S. Lewis

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.”
― Annie Proulx

“When I am out there, in time, I am inverted, changed into a desperate version of myself. I become a thief, a vagrant, an animal who runs and hides. I startle old women and amaze children. I am a trick, an illusion of the highest order, so incredible that I am actually true.”
― Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife

“I stood still, vision blurring, and in that moment, I heard my heart break. It was a small, clean sound, like the snapping of a flower's stem.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Dragonfly in Amber

“There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.”
― P.G. Wodehouse

“Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.”
― Charlaine Harris

“Everything we are is at every moment alive in us.”
― Arthur Miller

“Ye are Blood of my Blood, and Bone of my Bone,
I give ye my Body, that we Two might be One.
I give ye my Spirit, 'til our Life shall be Done.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Outlander

“Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.”
― Corrie Ten Boom

“Be you writer or reader, it is very pleasant to run away in a book.”
― Jean Craighead George, My Side of the Mountain