Lura > Lura's Quotes

“I can't imagine a romance novel published today where the hero rapes the heroine and she falls in love with him.”
― Julia Quinn

“He's a pig and I don't allow livestock in the house.”
― Erin McCarthy, My Immortal

“Alexis grabbed his arm. "Tom Jones? Wow, I totally love Tom Jones. He's like quintessential Vegas—over the top and indecent fun. Let me just go grab a pair of underwear to throw at him and we'll be all set."

Over his undead body. If anyone was getting her underwear tossed in his face, it was going to be him.

"I don't think so, Ball Buster. You're not giving your panties to an old man."

"Oh, and you're so young, Garlic?"

"Garlic?" What the hell was that?

"Yep. Now we have pet names for each other, isn't that adorable? You're Garlic and I'm Ball Buster. Now everyone will believe we're a real couple.”
― Erin McCarthy

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
― Charles M. Schulz

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

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!”
― Charles M. Schulz

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
― Steve Martin

“I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.”
― Mae West

“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

There is another theory which states that this has already happened.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

“Happiness is a warm puppy.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.”
― H.L. Mencken

“I must have a prodigious amount of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up!”
― Mark Twain

“Electricity exploded in me, crackling and sparking all throughout my body. And I knew that he could feel it too right before his lips descended over mine.”
― Laura Kreitzer

“I moved closer as I dragged myself through the frozen bracken. “Who’s coming?” My voice trembled like an autumn leaf in the wind.

“Your Angels,” he replied breathily right before he crumpled to the ground in a great heap.

My body went into sensory overload. I was hurt, angry, broken, sad, terrified, and . . . hopeful. He said my Angels were coming.”
― Laura Kreitzer

“We could work on our English outline," I say and almost can't contain the chuckle.
"Really? That's your idea of a hot date?"
"I'm sorry, I wasn't aware we were on a 'hot date'" And this time I can't contain the chuckle when she cringes. "So, how hot would you like it? I'm capable of all levels of hotness, from Luc-warm to - and I'm being literal here - hotter than Hell.”
― Lisa Desrochers, Personal Demons

“Gabriel.
This has to be his fault, somehow. I'm going to track him down, pluck out his angel feathers, and stuff a pillow with them.”
― Lisa Desrochers, Personal Demons

“But his eyes say what he can’t. I see it, clear as day, even if she doesn’t. He’d give up his wings for her. All she’d have to do is ask.”
― Lisa Desrochers, Personal Demons

“If there's a Hell on Earth, it's high school.”
― Lisa Desrochers, Personal Demons

“I walk up right behind Frannie, where she’s sitting near the door, in time to hear her say, “You know what, Tay? Go to Hell,” and I smile, because I think it’s cute that she’s inviting her friends along.”
― Lisa Desrochers, Personal Demons

“She’s fiery for sure. I like a little fire. Makes me feel at home.”
― Lisa Desrochers, Personal Demons

“There’s no crying in baseball and no love in Hell. It’s just the rules. You could say it’s against our religion, more or less.”
― Lisa Desrochers, Personal Demons

“I try to pretend his shoulder touching mine isn’t causing totally unrelated parts of me to tingle.”
― Lisa Desrochers, Personal Demons

“But I can't see how anybody who drives a '68 Shelby could be all bad.”
― Lisa Desrochers, Personal Demons

“You speak Italian," she says, unconvinced.
"Si."
"Say something."
"Sii la mia schiava d'amore," I purr.
Her expression is guarded. "What did you say?"
An amuse smile pulls at my lips. "I'll never tell." Somehow I don't think she'd agree to be my love slave anyway.”
― Lisa Desrochers, Personal Demons

“First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.”
― Maya Angelou

“That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.”
― Dorothy Parker

“Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.”
― Judy Garland

“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt