Michelle Irwin > Michelle's Quotes

“I came to the States for an adventure. And I’m starting to think that adventure might be you.”
― Michelle Irwin, Phase

“Love can destroy you. I’ve seen it happen.”
― Michelle Irwin, Phase

“I didn’t acknowledge his words for a moment because the world had stopped spinning as soon as I met his eyes. Galaxies had less complexity and beauty than the swirling amber and chocolate that battled for dominance in his irises. His sharp jaw and pronounced chin spoke to places deep inside me and filled me with the urge to trace my fingers across them as I drew his lips to mine. Something stronger than butterflies burst to life in my stomach, threatening to tear me apart from the inside if I kept staring at him.”
― Michelle Irwin, Phase

“Dad, I love you, but your shadow is big enough to swallow the sun. I don’t know who I am away from that. Away from you.”
― Michelle Irwin, Phase

“Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.”
― Terry Pratchett

“I stand entwined in fire on the inextinguishable bonfire of inconceivable love.”
― Daniel Handler, Why We Broke Up

“Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.”
― Erica Jong

“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Well, we're friends. In that weird way where you're eternally mad at me, and I'm eternally imagining what you look like naked.”
― Frankie Rose, Halo

“I feel my breath catch in my chest as I breathe out. I have no idea how to describe this feeling inside me, but it's a long way from 'Ick'. It's about as far away from 'Ick' as I can get.”
― Frankie Rose, Halo

“I think there are two types of writers, the architects and the gardeners. The architects plan everything ahead of time, like an architect building a house. They know how many rooms are going to be in the house, what kind of roof they're going to have, where the wires are going to run, what kind of plumbing there's going to be. They have the whole thing designed and blueprinted out before they even nail the first board up. The gardeners dig a hole, drop in a seed and water it. They kind of know what seed it is, they know if planted a fantasy seed or mystery seed or whatever. But as the plant comes up and they water it, they don't know how many branches it's going to have, they find out as it grows. And I'm much more a gardener than an architect.”
― George R.R. Martin

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness. ”
― Ellen Goodman

“The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.”
― Lao Tzu, Te-Tao Ching

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
― Lao Tzu

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
― Lao Tzu

“There is a curse.
They say:
May you live in interesting times.”
― Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times