Adriana Locke > Adriana's Quotes

“It is a waste of energy to not just be happy.”
― Adriana Locke, The Exception

“You know, I like to think my life is kind of like the books I read, only I'm the author. I can write the story I want. The future can be anything I want it to be." He moved his head side to side, considering my words. "That works, as long as your story has a blond stud that fucks like an animal.”
― Adriana Locke, The Exception

“You shouldn’t try to play games with me because I’m not a player, I’m the coach.”
~ Cane”
― Adriana Locke, The Exception

“I’m not sure why you are playing hard to get,” he breathed, his lips so close to my skin that I fought hard not to shudder. “You shouldn’t try to play games with me because I’m not a player. I’m the coach.”
― Adriana Locke, The Exception

“When man does not have firm, calm lines on the horizon of his life- mountain and forest lines, as it were- then a man's innermost will becomes agitated, preoccupied, and wistful.”
― Friedrich Nietzche

“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

“It is not titles that honour men, but men that honour titles.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli

“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

[Quoting Reverend Phillips Brooks, during Remarks at Presidential Prayer Breakfast, February 7 1963]”
― John F. Kennedy

“I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“She doesn’t belong to one of my boys, she’s fuckin’ mine.”
― Madeline Sheehan, Undeniable

“Baited. Hook. Line. And. Mother-fucking. Sinker.”
― Gail McHugh, Pulse

“This is love. Me and him, making it work.”
― K. Bromberg, Crashed

“Someone special once told me to dare to dream. For without dreams, we have nothing to look forward to. I’m starting to believe her.”
― S.L. Scott, The Resistance

“Babe, nice lingerie is for seducing a man. I’m already fucking seduced.”
― Samantha Young, On Dublin Street

“You are not your job, you're not how much money you have in the bank. You are not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You are not your fucking khakis. You are all singing, all dancing crap of the world.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

“I just sat there. I just held Shelby's hand. There was no noise, no tremble, just peace. Oh god. I realize as a woman how lucky I am. I was there when that wonderful creature drifted into my life and I was there when she drifted out. It was the most precious moment of my life.”
― Robert Harling, Steel Magnolias

“I wonder how many people don't get the one they want, but end up with the one they're supposed to be with.”
― Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

“There's no normal life Wyatt,
It's just life.
Get on with it.”
― Val Kilmer as "Doc" Holliday

“I turn, touch the side of her face and look into her eyes. I hope she can see what I feel in them. I hope she can see that I’ve loved her since the day I fucking saw her. I hope she can see that I will love her ‘til the day I die.”
― Adriana Locke, Sacrifice

“and he doesn’t deserve to have it skated over.”
― Adriana Locke, Sacrifice

“He’s apologized to me so many times and I’ve never accepted”
― Adriana Locke, Sacrifice

“Don't talk about it. Be about it.”
― Adriana Locke, Sacrifice

“Don't let your mouth buy something your ass can't pay for.”
― Adriana Locke, Sacrifice

“They say you can’t judge a book by its cover. I’ve learned that you can’t judge a man by the one before him, either.”
― Adriana Locke, The Connection

“If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet the water bill is higher.”
― Debbie Macomber, Mrs. Miracle

“It hurts to be this close to you and still not be as close as I want to be. Please don’t leave.”
― S.L. Scott, Naturally, Charlie

“going away with a guy I don’t know for a few days seems . . . extreme?” “And”
― Adriana Locke, Wherever It Leads

“Come to think of it, I know three things: his name, he’s gorgeous, and he currently holds all the power. And I’m ready to remove all of my clothing. So I guess that makes it four. “How”
― Adriana Locke, Wherever It Leads

“The best things in life don’t come easy, but those things are the ones worth the sacrifice.”
― Adriana Locke, Sacrifice

“This isn’t the time or the place for me to decide to start thinking about monogamy. That ruins men. Clips their nuts, drains their testosterone, destroys the very things that make politicians good politicians.”
― Adriana Locke, Sway