Ginny Drake > Ginny's Quotes

“I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You

“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
― Ray Bradbury

“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You

“I love you, Sport. You’re it for me. You fill up a space in me I didn’t even know was empty.”
― Susan Fanetti, Move the Sun

“But I need you to keep in touch. I’m not used to giving this much of a shit about somebody, and it turns out I got a short drive to crazy. So check your phone, okay?”
― Susan Fanetti, Move the Sun

“You know all your Norse mythology and chess references make you a nerd, right? Deep down under all that muscle, ink, and leather, you’re a huge nerd.”
― Susan Fanetti, Behold the Stars

“The man obviously had a taste for high-class trash.”
― Marie Hall, Howler's Night

“A flood comes in and completely covers a woman’s home. She sittin’ on the roof and cries out to God, ‘Please help me.’ Then an hour later, a boat comes by, and a man calls out, ‘You need help?’ And she answers, ‘No, I’m waiting on God to save me.’ Another hour goes by, the floodwaters are even higher now, and she cries out to God, ‘Please help me.’ Another boat comes, and the driver calls out, ‘You need help?’ And she says, ‘No, I’m waiting on God to save me.’ Another hour, and more water. It’s up to her chin now. She’s not gonna make it. Same story, she denies rescue, and of course she dies. When she goes through the pearly gates, she meets Peter, and she tells him how sad she is that God never answered her prayer. He looks at her and says, ‘You idiot, he sent you three boats.”
― Marie Hall, Howler's Night

“The choice is not in what you do. The choice is in the why.”
― Emma Raveling, Billow

“Finding what's true means letting go of the lies that control.”
― Emma Raveling, Billow

“Remind me," he paused, drawing in a stuttered gasp, "to never piss you off again. Christ, are you secretly a ninja?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Obsidian

“Aw, did you just fall?"
"No." I rolled onto my back, wincing. "I attacked the floor.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Pure

“If you touch me like that again, Evangeline,” he began in a husky tone, dropping to his seat once more, “in the space of a heartbeat, I will have you off this bike and onto the closest horizontal surface. And I woan be picky, no.”
― Kresley Cole, Poison Princess

“He was staring at my lips, and before I could think better of it, I’d wetted them.

“That’s it, bébé,” he said in a coaxing rasp. “Ma bonne fille.” My good girl. He wrapped one of his arms behind my back, cupping my chin with his free hand. “Evangeline, I’m goan to kiss you until your toes curl, until we’re breathing for each other.”

That was the promise. . . .”
― Kresley Cole, Poison Princess

“Eves, on the scale from wholesome to whoresome, you're practically Amish.”
― Kresley Cole, Poison Princess

“Matthew, exactly how psychic are you?
So psychic that other psychics should be called Mattics.”
― Kresley Cole, Poison Princess

“Remember my titles? I don't get poisoned, I do the poisoning. I'm the Princess of it”
― Kresley Cole, Poison Princess

“Somebody want to explain to me why those soldiers were shooting each other?'
(...)'Inbreeding?”
― Kresley Cole, Poison Princess

“Can’t help the way I was raised—anything supernatural is supposed to be either a miracle or satanic."

I rolled my eyes. “And you’re still trying to figure out which I am?”

"Non. I’m trying to figure out if I’m still Catholic.” He grinned that heart-stopping grin.”
― Kresley Cole, Endless Knight

“Just because you're a gutless harlot doesn't mean I won't find your... attributes attractive. I might be immortal, but I'm still a red-blooded male."

"Harlot? Who talks like that? Father Time, meet the Flinstones.”
― Kresley Cole, Endless Knight

“Death wants to gank me. Must be Tuesday.”
― Kresley Cole, Endless Knight

“In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them.... I destroy them.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

“Family isn't about the blood you share. It's about the people willing to bleed for you." ---Maris - Born of Fury”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Born of Fury

“No, that’s the thing. He was smug, cute, hot and completely flirty.” “Horrible. What a fucking bastard. What is he thinking, trying to be flirtatious with you? I’ll cut off his balls.”
― Z.B. Heller, The Chronicles of Moxie

“...there's no such thing as an underwear elf. Even when it goes missing, it's somewhere in the room. So make sure you find it." -- DARK OF NIGHT by Suzanne Brockmann”
― Suzanne Brockmann, Dark of Night

“When you sit that way, you look kind of like a beach ball with a head,” he continued. “Your haircut is really, really bad, I’m probably going to lose my job for helping you this way, and I’m dying to fuck you.”

He glanced at her. “That honest enough for you?”
― Suzanne Brockmann, Bodyguard

“You have to take the bull by the horns. Or the cowboy by the belt buckle. Whatever.-Text from Desi to Codie”
― Lani Lynn Vale, Herd That