C.C. Wyatt > C.C.'s Quotes

“Try you? No.” He stared into my eyes. “I wouldn’t think of it. I mean, what would be the point…after such a lovely evening?” He smirked somewhat. “And, um—what would you hope to gain?”

“What happened to that person I met yesterday? I’m inviting him to this lovely occasion.”

“Sorry. He can’t make it. He’s off tonight.”

“Precisely!” I attempted to bolt, but he grabbed my arm.”
― C.C. Wyatt, Ferret

“I didn’t say anything for a while, studying the structure of his face. And then I traveled through a perfect set of marble eyes that came to still darkness over a sea of lava. Something was there, I was sure of it, only I couldn’t see it, could only feel it, a feeling of him holding something back.”
― C.C. Wyatt, Ferret

“Sorry for leaving without saying hi. But something came up as soon as I got there.”

Now that wasn’t going to do, so I pressed on. “Did you think I’d be there?”

He didn’t come fast with a response. Instead, his absorbed smile pried my soul, my insides felt tensed, like a queen tiptoeing around the edge of a chessboard, wholly vulnerable in a game she knew nothing about.”
― C.C. Wyatt, Ferret

“Wait a minute—”

“Just hold up.” He demanded. “I honestly believe there’s another world or another dimension within our world and wonder about my parents trapped in such a place, somewhere like an island. Well, every time I tried to reach them, I wasn’t on a boat, or a raft of any sort, and I certainly wasn’t swimming. Believe it or not, I was standing on water. Three times…three times, I saw them. The last time something told me to look down, and when I did, I saw the water below me moving like a treadmill. And you know, in a strange way it explained why I could never get to them.”
― C.C. Wyatt, Ferret

“There were times I imagined being at the hot chick table at lunch (mostly cheerleaders), chatting away about the boy of my dreams and other unboring stuff. Then I couldn’t help wondering if the changes in my life had steered me away from being like them. Mostly I just wanted to fit in. After all, girls at that table were snobby at times.”
― C.C. Wyatt, Ferret

“To be reborned many times over, you must unleash the power of inertia. But must you go out every time and reach for your highest potential?”
― C.C. Wyatt

“We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“First came the birds, flowers and trees.
You know the drill.
Now I dedicate this to you, my dear.”
― C.C. Wyatt, Ferret

“Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“life is like a jigsaw puzzle, you have to see the whole picture, then put it together piece by piece!”
― Terry McMillan, A Day Late and a Dollar Short

“I know pleasure. When given, it clears the air.”
― C.C Wyatt, Ferret

“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
― Mother Teresa

“If you don't know where you're going, any road'll take you there”
― George Harrison

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

“Yearns creep upon the mandarin glow dipping into the horizon, bound to incarnate all the sleepy heads awakening around the globe.”
― C.C. Wyatt

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Passion comes from within, but you can find it anywhere.”
― C.C. Wyatt

“Faith is a magic moment you arrive at from far, far away.”
― C.C. Wyatt, Ferret

“Your truth: No one knows it better than you. But never be discourage in seeking others in discovering your deeper truth.”
― C.C. Wyatt, Ferret

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
― Anne Frank, Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings

“I think; therefore I am.”
― Rene Descartes

“When someone shows you who they are believe them the first time.”
― Maya Angelou

“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo

“Today is yesterday, today is tomorrow. For it's only one day that comes and goes, over and over again.”
― C.C. Wyatt, Ferret

“I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”
― Herbert Bayard Swope

“Sometimes people are beautiful.
Not in looks.
Not in what they say.
Just in what they are.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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

“Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“Be mindful of your thoughts with compassion”
― C.C. Wyatt