Kirsty > Kirsty's Quotes

“...it will always remain my private persuasion that Nature was absorbed in making cabbages when Mrs. Vesey was born, and that the good lady suffered the consequences of a vegetable preoccupation in the mind of the Mother of us all. ”
― Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

“Nothing captures human interest more than human tragedy.”
― Dan Brown, Angels & Demons

“Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own temper.”
― Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

“Faith is universal. Our specific methods for understanding it are arbitrary. Some of us pray to Jesus, some of us go to Mecca, some of us study subatomic particles. In the end we are all just searching for truth, that which is greater than ourselves.”
― Dan Brown, Angels & Demons

“Don't let the bastards grind you down.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“Google' is not a synonym for 'research'.”
― Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol

“I love new clothes. If everyone could just wear new clothes everyday, I reckon depression wouldn’t exist anymore.”
― Sophie Kinsella, Confessions of a Shopaholic

“Ok. don't panic. Don't panic. It's only a VISA bill. It's a piece of paper; a few numbers. I mean, just how scary can a few numbers be?”
― Becky Bloomwood, Confessions of a Shopaholic

“Never give up on something you really want. However impossible things seem, there's always a way.”
― Sophie Kinsella, Mini Shopaholic

“I bet he never goes on YouTube. He's too busy. It's only tragic cases like you and me who are always online.”
― Sophie Kinsella, Mini Shopaholic

“Maybe my identity's been stolen. Or maybe I was sleep-shopping!”
― Sophie Kinsella, Mini Shopaholic

“I can't help giving her the Mummy Once-Over myself, and she's one of those mothers who wears Crocs over nubbly homemade socks. (Why would you do that? Why?)”
― Sophie Kinsella, Mini Shopaholic

“Spoiled?" Mum cuts her off with a laugh. "Nonsense! There's nothing wrong with Minnie, is there, my precious? She knows her own mind!" She strokes Minnie's hair fondly, then looks up again. "Becky, love, you were exactly the same at her age. Exactly the same.”
― Sophie Kinsella, Mini Shopaholic

“Love. This is a lorry, not a Ferrari.”
― Sophie Kinsella, Mini Shopaholic

“Whether a man is a legend or not is decided by history, not fortune tellers.”
― Amish Tripathi, The Immortals of Meluha

“A person's ethics and character are not tested in good times. It is only in bad times that a person shows how steadfast he is to his dharma.”
― Amish Tripathi, The Immortals of Meluha

“his burden didn't feel any lighter. but he felt strong enough to carry it”
― Amish Tripathi, The Immortals of Meluha

“With a lightning quick glance at me first, he reads one bumper sticker: “Member: BBB. Boys in Books are Better?”
― Anne Eliot, Almost

“God, I wish I could see your face when I ask you this question.
Here goes: Is there a chance you could love me? Even a little?
Because I do – love you. And I think you know that already too.”
― Anne Eliot, Almost

“Maybe because he's already been in my dreams for so long, it feels to me as though we've always been together.”
― Anne Eliot, Almost

“Ignoring Gray Porter is like ignoring an elephant in a tut. A really hot elephant in a tutu... a very manly tutu." -Jess”
― Anne Eliot, Almost

“OHMYGOD. I hate myself right now. I think I also just blatantly sniffed him!”
― Anne Eliot, Almost

“I swear you can see in Juliet's eyes that she knows she's going to die because of how she feels for this guy.
I think, this scene is where the true tragedy lives. It's not because they both die in the end. The tragedy is all right there…in the very beginning. When he smiles at her. When she instantly forgets.
Forgets how dangerous he is.
You can't blame her for how it plays out. Romeo's so amazing in this movie—what he says to her—how he looks at her. She's obviously drowning in butterflies.
I know for a fact now, butterflies like that can be horrible, beautiful things.”
― Anne Eliot, Almost

“OK," Josh said evenly, "I've seen men made of mud, I guess I can accept spying rats. Do they talk?" he wondered aloud.
Don't be ridiculous," Flamel snapped, "They're rats."
Josh really didn't think it was a ridiculous suggestion.”
― Michael Scott, The Alchemyst

“At the heart of every legend there is a grain of truth.”
― Michael Scott, The Alchemyst

“Every story starts with an idea, but it is the characters that move this idea forward.”
― Michael Scott, The Alchemyst

“Great change always comes down to the actions of a single person.”
― Michael Scott, The Alchemyst

“Love is the water of life, drink deeply.”
― Michael Scott, The Alchemyst

“The SUV was the only car moving. Josh had his foot pressed flat to the floor, and the needle on the speedometer hovered close to eighty. He was becoming more comfortable with the controls—he hadn't hit anything for at least a minute.”
― Michael Scott, The Alchemyst

“He who retreats lives longer.”
― Michael Scott, The Alchemyst