Lisa Mandina > Lisa's Quotes

“I read.. because one life is not enough”
― Richard Peck

“September 11
We thought we'd outdistanced history
Told our children it was nowhere near;
Even when history struck Columbine,
It didn't happen here.

We took down the maps in the classroom,
And when they were safely furled,
We told the young what they wanted to hear,
That they were immune from a menacing world.

But history isn't a folded-up map,
Or an unread textbook tome;
Now we know history's a fireman's child
Waiting at home alone.”
― Richard Peck, Invitations to the World: Teaching and Writing for the Young

“Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.”
― Walter Cronkite

“Here’s Lego Zombie Chef! Here’s Lego Zombie builder! See their grasping hands and posable limbs!”
― Kirsty McKay, Undead

“Alice's face widens in horror. I left my candy Coture bag on the table!' 'Oh, the tragedy! Smitty joins in, girlying it up. The dead people might be.... touching it!”
― Kirsty McKay, Undead

“We read to know we're not alone.”
― William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play

“There is something in me maybe someday
to be written; now it is folded, and folded,
and folded, like a note in school.”
― Sharon Olds

“You were talking to that niche in the wall again, Gwyneth. I saw you."

"Yes, but it's my favorite bit of wall, Gordon. I'd hurt its feelings if I didn't stop and talk to it.”
― Kerstin Gier, Ruby Red

“If we were in a film, the villain would turn out to be the least-expected person. But as we aren’t in a film, I’d go for the character who tried to strangle you.”
― Kerstin Gier, Ruby Red

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“I won't be your intergalactic booty call.”
― Melissa Landers, Alienated

“Can I borrow the car today, Mom? We'll get soaked if we walk-"
"Hmph," Dad interrupted. "When I was a boy-"

"Yeah, yeah," Cara interrupted back. "You walked to school naked in the snow or something. So can I?”
― Melissa Landers, Alienated

“He prepared the richest, most indulgent and disgusting dish imaginable - a bowl of fudge ripple ice-cream topped with chocolate syrup, semi-sweet chocolate morsels, chocolate sprinkles, and, for good measure, a chocolate brownie from the pantry. He even garnished it with a handful of M&M's.

(...) "Look what I made for you. A bowl of diabetes.”
― Melissa Landers, Alienated

“You took something from me that wasn't yours, Hardin. That was meant for someone who loved me, loved me truthfully. It was his, whoever he is, and you took that...”
― Anna Todd, After

“By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes.”
― William Shakespeare, Macbeth

“It strikes me that this may be one of the differences between youth and age: when we are young, we invent different futures for ourselves; when we are old, we invent different pasts for others.”
― Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending

“Have you lost your fucking mind?”
― Bree Dahlia, Legal

“You're not going anywhere. Lily and I need you."
You'll find another nanny."
"Maybe, but I won't find another YOU.”
― Carter Blake, The Nanny and the Beast

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

“No problem. I know you’ll want to take a closer look. It’s irresistible, like candy and babies.”

“I know I’m going to regret asking this, but you find candy and babies irresistible?” Ari asked.

“Hell no. They’re both sticky.”

His partner waited.

“Some people find them irresistible. And, you know...” Janco waved his hand. “They’re easy to steal...or something like that.”

“I was right.”

“About what?”

“I regret asking that question.”
― Maria V. Snyder, Dawn Study

“That's one of the problems with nice guys. If They can't stand up for themselves then they won't be able to stand up for you either.”
― Paula Stokes, Stronger Than Words