Lisa > Lisa's Quotes

“It had been so clear in that moment, that these people all had relationships with each other, inside jokes and histories and real feelings. And if I normally felt like a
fish out of water at most parties, suddenly I felt like the biggest bottom dweller who shriveled from any exposure to daylight”
― Alicia thompson , Love in the Time of Serial Killers

“But it’s one thing to go to the edge. It’s another thing to fall off entirely, isn’t it?”
― Mona Awad

“though we saw no farther
than the books in front of our faces. We were always surrounded by books
and words and poetry, all the fierce passions of the world bound in leather
and vellum.”
― M. L. Rio

“But, sometimes, you know,
things get crazy. The drama.”
― Rachel Harrison

“We’d loved, or it seemed we had.
Once the affection is gone, I always have a hard time recollecting it”
― Chelsea G Summers

“In-laws can be
difficult. Families can be difficult. And I can’t argue with the facts, here, bleeding
on their floor”
― Catherine Stonewall

“She talked about guys like they were toys.
But her favorite playthings were the girls.”
― Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, The Girls Are All So Nice Here

“I’ve always admired
the women around me too much”
― Maud Venture

“What in Gods’ name
are you doing, woman?” He blurted out.
“I’m joining Team Evil. Deal with it.”
― Cassandra Gannon, Not Another Vampire Book

“SHANNA WAS THE FIRST TO GO. And by “go” I mean die. And by “die” I
mean get killed.”
― Stephen Graham Jones

“she loved the beach. The sun took to her like a lover. She’d come home tan and smiling, adorable freckles sprinkling her nose and
shoulders.”
― E.K. Sathue

“I think about Patsy Cline, also killed in a plane
crash. Before her death, she supposedly said, “Don’t worry about me, hoss.
When it’s my time to go, it’s my time.” I wonder if she was able to maintain
that attitude as the plane went down.”
― Rachel Harrison, So Thirsty

“If only you could stare at your reflection. Be face-to-face with the one who holds your joy hostage.”
― Rachel Harrison, So Thirsty

“She tended to her anger like
it was a pet: stroking it, feeding it, watching it grow a glossy coat and
gleaming teeth. She tried to keep it caged, didn’t want him to see it, because
when she let it out, it became an uncontrollable thing.”
― Laurie Petrou, Stargazer

“The “god of
tidying” never abandons anyone, even those who don’t believe in
themselves.”
― Marie Kondō, Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up

“She replied: 2 drunk 2
serious. down 4 cunt.”
― B.R Yeager

“Emotions are not reactions to the world. You are not a passive receiver of
sensory input but an active constructor of your emotions. From sensory input
and past experience, your brain constructs meaning and prescribes action. If
you didn’t have concepts that represent your past experience, all your sensory
inputs would just be noise. You wouldn’t know what the sensations are, what
caused them, nor how to behave to deal with them.”
― Lisa Feldmann Barret

“Looking at my pouch with so many lovers in it, I felt my life was extremely rich. I sometimes even thought this small pouch was the world
that my soul inhabited.”
― Sayaka Murata

“You could cut me open and devour everything that I am,” Thomas
said, ragged and thin. “I would let you. I’d ask you to.”
― C.G. Drews, Don't Let the Forest In

“It’s the way you cannot hide your feelings. If
they do not spill out of your mouth, they shimmer on your skin. They fill
the air around you, so loud they almost shout”
― V.E Schawb

“When he reaches the front door, he turns back around, as if to double
check what he just read.
The front license plate is the same.
CR8 H8
Create Hate.”
― Nat Cassidy, Rest Stop

“I didn’t grasp exactly what she meant, but there was a flattering intimacy
to her banter that made me feel like I was on a date. Not that I’d ever been
on a date—what Joseph and I had didn’t really rise to the level of dating—
but I’d heard about them and seen them in movies.”
― Emma Sloley, The Island of Last Things

“Oh, sister, I’ve been there. You know what really helps, though?
Realizing none of us are important in the slightest. Not me, not you.”
“Thanks, that’s really reassuring.”
― Emma Sloley, The Island of Last Things

“Zelf denk ik dat de meest onderscheidende eigenschap van de mens is: schaamte. Dieren hebben buitengewoon weinig schaamte. Ooit wel eens een hagedis van een tak zien vallen met een blik van 'Oeps! Hihi'?”
― Paulien Cornelisse, Taal is zeg maar echt mijn ding

“Mensen vragen graag aan elkaar hoe het gaat. Waarom dat is, weet ik niet, want het antwoord interesseert doorgaans niemand.”
― Paulien Cornelisse, Taal is zeg maar echt mijn ding

“Praten is net als fietsen: als je erover na gaat denken, val je om.”
― Paulien Cornelisse, Taal is zeg maar echt mijn ding

“Wat is er erger dan een man die zegt: "Wij zijn zwanger", waarop hij zichzelf nog een glas wijn inschenkt terwijl zijn vrouw het zoveelste glas biologische appelsap achteroverslaat. Voor de duidelijkheid: de vrouw is zwanger en zal in pijn moeten baren, de man mag iets doen met natte washandjes en een videocamera.”
― Paulien Cornelisse, Taal is zeg maar echt mijn ding

“Leven, dat is meer iets voor mensen die niet dood zijn, vind ik.”
― Paulien Cornelisse, Taal is zeg maar echt mijn ding

“Ik hou zeg maar heel erg van symbolen?' verklaarde het meisje, 'omdat die, zeg maar, heel veel symboliseren?”
― Paulien Cornelisse, Taal is zeg maar echt mijn ding

“Als het over kleding gaat, dan kun je nog wel eens zeggen: 'Leuke broek, maar hij staat je niet.' Bij taal gaat dat niet. 'Sorry, maar uw taal staat u niet.'
Alleen pubers doen dat, bij hun moeder, als die in een onbewaakt moment van moderniteit ineens iets 'vet' vindt. 'Mahammmm,' zeggen ze dan, en de moderne moeder zegt dan: 'Dat mag ik toch wel zeggen? Jullie zeggen het ook.' Maar ze weet het diep in haar hart natuurlijk donders goed: pubertaal staat haar niet.”
― Paulien Cornelisse, En dan nog iets