Jayne Townsley > Jayne's Quotes

“Hayley shoots me a withering look. With her distinctly orange fake tan and her cream petticoats and lilac pelisse, she looks like an Oompa Loompa in period drag.”
― Kate O'Keeffe, Dating Mr. Darcy

“She isn’t an inspiration,” Hayley spits. “She’s manipulating him with science.”
― Kate O'Keeffe, Dating Mr. Darcy

“Did your butt eat your bloomers?” I ask.”
― Kate O'Keeffe, Dating Mr. Darcy

“There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.”
― Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living

“Smooth,” Luca muttered in his ear. “I think you nailed the staring-like-a-moron act, hands down.”
― Jo Grafford, Her Billionaire Bodyguard

“Aurelio's?” I asked with anticipation. “Is there any other kind?” mom smiled as she grabbed her slippers and left to go give Uncle Otto his pills.”
― Kimberlee Dodge, The Ghost of Hidden Lake

“Her voice magically wove a snare to his soul. Tethering him as he frantically tried to escape her reach. Go back to security. A place where he would only have to answer to himself and his CO. A place where there was no one except himself to disappoint. God, he was a mess. One minute he wanted forever with Crystal, and the next, he was looking for an escape route.”
― Jayne Townsley, In Your Eyes: Seasons of Love Book 2

“Mentally shaking her head to pull herself out of her reverie, she refocused on Key Lime Donuts. And just donuts. That was the thing. Donuts. She was here to eat Kevin. No, donuts! She was here to eat donuts!”
― Jayne Townsley, Run to You

“Well, again, nice to meet you, Kevin. Uh, Crystal, I’m going to get in line,” Rin said, sounding out of breath to Crystal’s ears. “Try the key lime,” Kevin suggested to Rin. “I hoped for sexy abs. I mean, key lime! Bye now!” Rin squeaked.”
― Jayne Townsley, Run to You

“The feeling Rin got when Kevin shared space with her, the sense of wonderment, was new, fresh, and crisp. It was the taste in the air when fall turned to winter. Indefinable, yet real.”
― Jayne Townsley, Run to You

“Just because it didn’t happen as you originally imagined, or you planned doesn’t mean it’s less than or not a blessing.”
― Jayne Townsley, Run to You

“Even when it’s the middle of the night, a girl’s gotta look good. I ain’t goin’ Miranda Lambert crazy for no man.”
― Jayne Townsley, Run to You

“Emmett decided he was going to thrash Gunner before the week was over.”
― Cami Checketts, The Determined Groom

“Her grandparents had demonstrated that kind of devotion too—her grandfather brought home a small bundle of wildflowers every Friday, and her grandmother made his favorite cake for Monday night dessert. Those little rituals, those little acts that reflected their deeper feelings—they made Miriam sigh.”
― Amelia C. Adams, A Stitch in Time

“Kitty looked fit to wring a chicken’s neck.”
― Amelia C. Adams, A Stitch in Time

“Was she really so unable to accept rejection that she’d destroy what she had before it could destroy her?”
― Amelia C. Adams, A Stitch in Time

“It could crush you, that despair. But the act of creating something—anything—fought back.”
― Robert Jordan, A Memory of Light

“and I’ll be hanged before I let Andor march to the Last Battle without me.”
― Robert Jordan, A Memory of Light

“When you were secure with what you were, there was no cause to resent being shown your place.”
― Robert Jordan, A Memory of Light

“Nynaeve al’Meara was what, back in Seanchan, one would call a telarti—a woman with fire in her soul.”
― Robert Jordan, A Memory of Light

“Leaving something unfinished was nearly as bad as messing up the details.”
― Robert Jordan, A Memory of Light

“All men are ignorant, Aes Sedai,” Androl said. “The topics of our ignorance may change, but the nature of the world is that no man may know everything.”
― Robert Jordan, A Memory of Light

“Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them, Pevara Sedai,” Emarin said. “It is merely a sign of a good upbringing and a balanced nature.”
― Robert Jordan, A Memory of Light

“The Dragon Reborn carries the world on his shoulders, Canler,” Androl said softly, catching Canler up short. “I don’t know why he’s left us here, but I’d prefer to assume it’s because he thinks we can handle ourselves.”
― Robert Jordan, A Memory of Light

“It was who he was. He had not changed, he had not transformed. He had merely accepted.”
― Robert Jordan, A Memory of Light

“But it did matter. He’d spent his entire life searching. He’d apprenticed to a dozen different professions. He’d fought in revolts, sailed two seas. All the while searching, searching for something he hadn’t been able to define. He’d found it when he’d come to the Black Tower.”
― Robert Jordan, A Memory of Light

“Egwene strode around a frozen pillar of glass in her dream. It almost looked like a column of light. What did it mean? She could not interpret it.”
― Robert Jordan, A Memory of Light

“He handed Mandarb off to a groom, holding up a finger to the horse and meeting his dark, liquid eyes. “No more biting grooms,” he growled at the stallion.”
― Robert Jordan, A Memory of Light

“I did not come to Tarwin’s Gap to retreat, Agelmar.” “Dai Shan, I’m led to believe you came here to die.”
― Robert Jordan, A Memory of Light

“He’d spent way too much time lately being angry, hurt, and resentful. Maybe he had a right to be, but that wasn’t the point. Those kinds of emotions were too toxic to hang onto for long.”
― Jo Grafford, Accidental Hero: Hometown Heroes A-Z