Lori > Lori's Quotes

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

“My heart has joined the Thousand, for my friend stopped running today.”
― Richard Adams, Watership Down

“Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.”
― Billy Sunday, "Billy" Sunday, the man and his message: with his own words which have won thousands for Christ

“From DW:

I got it. “Here's the thing,” I said. "I'm not going to be the government's bitch.”
― Tamara Rose Blodgett, Death Whispers

“Let’s try it,” he said.
“This is serious,” she said. “You could get hurt. Or die.”
“But if we can touch, that means we can make out, right?” he asked.
“Maybe.”
“You want me to risk my life for maybe?” He grinned.”
― J.L. Bryan, Jenny Pox

“Tell me you do not feel as I do and I will leave you and you may be with another.”
― Tamara Rose Blodgett, The Savage Blood

“It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere.”
― Lois Lowry

“Love is not the absence of logic
but logic examined and recalculated
heated and curved to fit
inside the contours of the heart”
― Tammara Webber, Easy

“Sisters in solidarity and all that shit.”
― Tammara Webber, Easy

“Never tease anything that wants to eat you." Reign of Blood”
― Alexia Purdy, Reign of Blood

“I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.”
― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“Well," Jenni said with a wry smile, "at least we live in Texas, where people actually own guns and hunt.”
― Rhiannon Frater, The First Days

“So, basically, I'm risking my life because you pansies don't want to pick up tampons.”
― Rhiannon Frater, The First Days

“I wish I could break this window. Step through it. But I can't break this window. I can't even find some less dramatic way to die inside of this school, like hanging myself or slitting my wrists, because what would they do with my body? It might put everyone at risk. I won't let myself do that.

I'm not selfish like Lily.

I hate her. I hate her so much my heart tries to crawl out of my throat but it gets stuck there and beats crazily in the too narrow space. I bring my hands to my neck and try to massage it back down. I pres so heard against the skin, my eyes sting, and then I'm hurrying back down the stairs, back to the first floor. I think of Trace running laps, something he can control.”
― Courtney Summers, This is Not a Test

“He was still a douchecanoe. The douchecanoe who was going to paddle me to safety.”
― Karina Halle, On Demon Wings

“Who is it?" I asked teasingly
"Bigfoot," Dex answered from his room.
"What do you want, Mr Foot?"
"Please, just call me Big."
I snorted. "You wish."
"You know.”
― Karina Halle, Into the Hollow

“I shot him an unimpressed look. “Do you really think you’ll win me over by having sex with me?”

He scratched at the side of his chin. “Well, they say the way to a woman’s heart is through her vagina.”
― karina halle, Into the Hollow

“You went shopping with Rebecca?'
'Yep,' I said, pulling the shoes out of the box.
His brows went to the heavens.
'Wow, those are like…Jenn shoes.'
'These are not hooker shoes,' I said defensively.
'Well played,' he said.”
― Karina Halle

“I’m writing this because you begged. You know how I love the begging”
― CJ Roberts, Epilogue

“I was not crying - eyes water. I think we all know I'm a badass and I don't cry. - Caleb”
― C.J. Roberts, Epilogue

“Love does not always begin or end the way we wish it would.”
― C.J. Roberts, Epilogue

“You know,” he began, voice low and full, “if you were to ever leave me, I’d come looking for you, on every street.”
“You promise?”
“Always.” And I knew he kept his promises.”
― Karina Halle, On Every Street

“Why am I good to you?” he repeated, his lips brushing against mine as he spoke.
“Because I can see you are broken. And I want nothing more than to put you back together.”
― Karina Halle, On Every Street

“I could never forget your voice. You sound like an angel who’s gotten her wings dirty.”
― Karina Halle, On Every Street

“You are all mine, even if you run. I will find you because a soul needs its other half to truly live.”
― Karina Halle , On Every Street

“I once told you to leave and not to love me,” he cried out, muffled. “I’m taking all of that back. Not because I deserve it or because I’m worthy of your love. But because I need it like the air I breathe. I need you. I need you to believe in me. I need your love to make me feel like I can be redeemed.”
― Karina Halle, On Every Street

“Ah, dear, sweet Eden. To quote the great Rhett Butler, you need to be fucked and by someone who knows how.”
“What version of Gone with the Wind did you grow up watching?”
“There are a lot of liberties taken with Spanish subtitles.”
― Karina Halle, On Every Street

“It terrified me, right down to my very core, to be alive while the rest of the world was dead.”
― Emily Goodwin, Contagious

“It matters not who you love, where you love, why you love, when you love or how you love, it matters only that you love”
― John Lennon

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”
― Hunter S. Thompson