Allison > Allison's Quotes

“Without a bellyful of liquor, all I am is a woman who cracks stupid jokes to make up for being shy.”
― Katie Crouch, Girls in Trucks

“Dear God. Not only am I unemployed and homeless, but I also have a pregnant woman, bereaved dog, elephant, and eleven horses to take care of.”
― Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants

“Maybe that was the definition of life everlasting: the belief that the next generation would carry your work forward.”
― Ann Patchett, Run

“Somewhere, the zebra is dancing.”
― Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain

“Don't you think it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?”
― Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife

“Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

“There are so few people given us to love. I want to tell my daughters this, that each time you fall in love it is important, even at nineteen. Especially at nineteen. And if you can, at nineteen, count the people you love on one hand, you will not, at forty, have run out of fingers on the other. There are so few people given us to love and they all stick.”
― Anne Enright, The Gathering

“It's never the changes we want that change everything.”
― Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist