Julia > Julia's Quotes

“Not an agent kiss, not anything remotely resembling a peck-on-the-cheek kiss, but a let's-get-started kiss. One that even in hardened, love-tired Los Angeles had a better-than-even shot of producing a happy finish”
― Diana Dempsey, Falling Star

“Appearances are not reality; but they often can be a convincing alternative to it. You can control appearances most of the time, but facts are what they are. When the facts are too sharp, you can craft a cheerful version of the situation and cover the facts the way that you can covered a battered old four-slice toaster with a knitted cozy featuring images of kittens.”
― Dean Koontz, The Good Guy

“There are people who want everybody dead. When you get over being surprised about that, you have a high amazement threshold.”
― Dean Koontz, The Good Guy

“These days, people spent too much time striving to understand their feelings - and then ended up with none that were genuine.”
― Dean Koontz, The Good Guy

“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?”
― Ernest Hemingway

“What are your choices when someone puts a gun to your head?
What are you talking about? You do what they say or they shoot you.
WRONG. You take the gun, or you pull out a bigger one. Or, you call their bluff. Or, you do any one of a hundred and forty six other things.”
― Harvey Specter Suits