M.A. George > M.A.'s Quotes

“If by ‘foe’ you mean a brutal killer, then I suppose I’d fall into the ‘friend’ category,” I replied cynically. “Although in your case, we may have to find a secret option number three.”
― M.A. George, Proximity

“I decided that a movie marathon was clearly in order. I tried to narrow down the options. Anything romantic was definitely out, as was anything involving space travel, kings, or handsome princes. Preferably there should be no good-looking men whatsoever, lest they remind me of Aeron. Sadly, that eliminated practically everything.”
― M.A. George, Proximity

“Yeah, sure,” I scoffed. “You’re the picture of respectability and moral character…You expect me to believe you were your parents’ worst nightmare? What was your criminal act of choice—drunken bar fights? Or maybe grand theft auto? Don’t tell me you sold the crown jewels to buy drugs…It’s so disappointingly cliché.”
― M.A. George, Proximity

“Seriously, Palta…” He was honestly puzzled, “I haven’t got a clue what you’re talking about. What about your ears is supposed to be so bizarre?”

“Um…You’d have to be blind to miss them,” I replied sarcastically. “If you’re not, you will be when you poke your eye out on one of them.”
― M.A. George, Proximity

“For someone so intuitive,” he said, shaking his head, “sometimes you only see what you expect to see.”
― M.A. George, Proximity

“I wish I could say I’m low maintenance, but I like some of the finer things in life…like a toothbrush.”
― M.A. George, Proximity

“Don’t be so concerned,” he whispered. “We will get through this, I promise.”

“What makes you so certain?” I couldn’t help my skepticism.

“We have no other choice,” he replied matter-of-factly.

“Is that really all you can come up with?” I scowled. “Couldn’t you just lie and tell me you have some kind of secret badass weapon that is going to make this a piece of cake?”
― M.A. George, Proximity

“See, that’s just it…You shouldn’t even know sayings like that,” I griped. “It takes normal people years to pick up on all those little phrases. Do you have any idea how stupid I feel, when I can’t even say ‘Hello, my name is Palta…Oh, and by the way—I’m the village idiot.’?”
― M.A. George, Relativity

“I can finish that off and get you something better,” he offered.

“You’d eat my leftovers?...” I felt like such a prima donna. “You’re a king.”

“I’m a…hungry…king,” he shrugged, as he unassumingly glanced to the side. “I’m not picky.”
― M.A. George, Relativity

“I can only imagine what goes on in that head of yours…” he teased. “I assure you I haven’t taken up black magic, ritualistic sacrifice, or—”

“Plushophilia?” I tagged on.

“Excuse me?…” came his half-confused, half-intrigued reaction.

“An obsession with stuffed animals,” I clarified. “I mean, you are a young one…”

“Where did you come up with that?” He kept his hands firmly covering my eyes, but I could hear the amused smile in his voice. “Is that even a real word?”

“I’m a doctor, I know these things,” I shrugged.”
― M.A. George, Relativity

“You get a kick out of shocking the pants off me, don’t you?” I shook my head with a smirk.

He just shrugged with a playful smile, his eyes momentarily flitting toward my pants before returning to meet my gaze.

“It’s an expression,” I rolled my eyes. “Don’t tell me you aren’t familiar with it, Mr. Smarty Pants.”

“You have quite a repertoire of ‘pants’ references, don’t you?”
― M.A. George, Relativity

“Aeron’s stone-faced expression cracked, as he turned to give me a dumbfounded look.

Meeting his questioning eyes, I let out a little annoyed sigh, “I refuse to believe that you don’t know the meaning of ‘cojones’.”

“I’m well aware of the meaning,” he raised his eyebrows, fighting back a smile. “Just a little surprised at your choice of words…”

“Yeah, I can really paint a verbal picture,” I responded dryly.”
― M.A. George, Relativity

“I’m not familiar with this word you were repeating before…‘cojones’, was it?”

I blushed as Dominick patted me on the back. “Way to introduce him to the vernacular, Palta.”
― M.A. George, Relativity

“I missed her smile…the way she would roll her eyes when she thought I was being ridiculous…the quiet way she almost tiptoed when she walked that gave her away as a ballerina…the fact that she could probably give me a fairly decent ass-kicking if she set her mind to it. I missed it all.

I missed her.”
― M.A. George, Relativity

“My instincts told me that death would somehow be…different. But my rational mind reminded me that I had probably tempted fate one too many times. At least, I thought it was my rational mind. It sure seemed like the usual voice inside my head. Thank God there was only one of them.”
― M.A. George, Relativity

“Silence upon silence, with a heaping pile of extra silence.”
― M.A. George, Relativity

“But you know as well as I do that anger won’t solve anything.”

“I beg to differ,” he shrugged. “Anger can be quite rewarding…at least for those of us who have the option of blasting our enemies to oblivion.”
― M.A. George, Relativity

“It’s a sad state of affairs when I’m the one bringing sanity to the equation”
― M.A. George, Relativity

“Men…” I huffed. “No guts, no glory…Do you guys stop to consider the insanity of all of it, or do you just charge ahead without a second thought?”

“This from the woman who would surrender her own life without a moment’s consideration?”

He had me there.”
― M.A. George

“Ah yes…” He made an exaggerated nod. “I was supposed to be filling you in on Nangí’s story.” He winked at me playfully, as I kept up my glare. “Now, where should I begin?”

“Tell you what, let me get you started,” I came back. “Once upon a time, there was this über-creepy old man—who looks like he lives in a haunted shack and eats small children for breakfast—and I decided to make him my new best friend becaaauuse… Okay, your turn.”
― M.A. George, Relativity

“Me?...Stupid?” I fluttered my eyes innocently. “When have I ever done anything stupid?”

“Don’t get me wrong, you’re the smartest person I know…” She fought back a smile. “But you have done some of the dumbest things I ever thought possible.”

“So you have a point…” I shrugged. “Still not stopping me.”
― M.A. George, Relativity

“Safeguard your weaknesses, for your enemy will always use them against you. But more importantly …” He raised a single bony finger, waving it rhythmically to the cadence of his words. “Safeguard your true strengths. If he knows not what you are capable of, he will always underestimate you.” He fixed his unflinching eyes on mine. “And you are not to be underestimated.”
― M.A. George, Relativity

“You can be intensely aggravating...” His expression struck me as closer to boredom than aggravation. “And somehow I suspect this isn’t the first time you’ve been told that.”

“Nope,” I smiled mischievously. “Nor the last…”
― M.A. George, Relativity

“Think of mental energy as broadcasting on a certain wavelength,” he tried to explain. “People with powers of the mind can tap into that wavelength…”

“That’s all fine and good,” I nodded, “but evidently my transmitter is broken. Or much more likely…I never had one in the first place.”

“Ah, yes,” he nodded unenthusiastically, “and your nose is mounted upside-down.”

“Excuse me?” My forehead creased.

“I do wish you would quit contradicting me,” he let out a tired sigh. “It’s insulting…and highly annoying.”
― M.A. George, Relativity

“Wow…At least I can rest assured that you definitely can’t read my mind,” I remarked. “Clearly you know nothing about me…because the surest way to keep me from doing something is to tell me I have no other choice.”
― M.A. George, Relativity

“There’s an empty seat next to me in the ‘intensely aggravating’ section…and it’s got your name on it”
― M.A. George, Relativity

“So you had to piss me off badly enough activate some primal instinct?” I clenched my jaw, grinding my teeth. “I think all you managed to ‘draw out’ was fuming rage. I could rip your head off right now.”

“Save that for later,” he waved his hand dismissively. “You have work to do right now.”
― M.A. George, Relativity

“You and your ‘potential’,” I lazily rolled my eyes. “According to you, everyone has it…and no one is living up to it.”
― M.A. George, Relativity

“With an ashamed sigh, I confessed, “You have seen nothing but the worst of me since then, Aeron. I’ve been a bitter, defiant, irrational shrew…and now I’m selfishly dragging you into a hopeless situation against your better judgment. What would possibly entice you to make good on a marriage proposal under such circumstances?”

“You would…” his voice was gentle, as his troubled eyes searched mine. “If what I’ve seen is the worst of you…then it will be a miracle if I ever find a way to deserve you.”
― M.A. George, Relativity

“My only regret,” he gently tugged me back toward him, “would be leaving this world before naming you as my wife. If I die tomorrow, at least I’ll have that to my credit.” Wrapping his arms around my waist, he vowed, “You don’t have to be queen…but you will not fall into obscurity on a foreign world. You will bear the Omuran name, and I have to believe that will protect you.” He brought his forehead to rest against mine, adding sorrowfully, “I have to believe that our family line wasn’t meant to end with this.”
― M.A. George, Relativity