Charity Parkerson > Charity's Quotes

“Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.”
― Mother Teresa

“I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can play together all night.”
― Bill Watterson

“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.”
― Robert Frost

“Why couldn't life be like the movies where the women faint when they get overwhelmed?”
― Charity Parkerson, The Danger from Within

“How foolish we can be in life when driven by righteousness”
― Charity Parkerson, The Danger from Within

“Yep, that's me, making all of America uncomfortable one person at a time”
― Charity Parkerson, The Danger from Within

“Hope is the most evil of all emotions”
― Charity Parkerson, The Society of Sinners

“It wasn't a conscious decision nor was it only one bad choice that led him here. It was anger, pure unadulterated fury”
― Charity Parkerson, The Society of Sinners

“Evil lives in the dark. We instinctively know it as children, but as we grow older we allow reason to cloud our judgement”
― Charity Parkerson, The Society of Sinners

“Maybe I could interest you in a Vodka sour instead. It causes the same effects as having a husband. First you get a rush of euphoria only to be replaced by regret in the morning.”
― Charity Parkerson, The Society of Sinners

“If I never received a bad review then I wouldn't be a real writer, but I much prefer the good ones”
― Charity Parkerson

“Nobody ever thinks about the flame. It always ends up alone, and surrounded by a bunch of dead moths.”
― Charity Parkerson, Wicked Sinners

“None of us are truly good. There are those of us that want to be good, and maybe even try to be, but life will not allow you to be”
― Charity Parkerson, Wicked Sinners

“In prehistoric times, early man was bowled over by natural events: rain, thunder, lightning, the violent shaking and moving of the ground, mountains spewing deathly hot lava, the glow of the moon, the burning heat of the sun, the twinkling of the stars. Our human brain searched for an answer, and the conclusion was that it all must be caused by something greater than ourselves - this, of course, sprouted the earliest seeds of religion. This theory is certainly reflected in faery lore. In the beautiful sloping hills of Connemara in Ireland, for example, faeries were believed to have been just as beautiful, peaceful, and pleasant as the world around them. But in the Scottish Highlands, with their dark, brooding mountains and eerie highland lakes, villagers warned of deadly water-kelpies and spirit characters that packed a bit more punch.”
― Signe Pike, Faery Tale: One Woman's Search for Enchantment in a Modern World

“I'm often asked which author I am most inspired by, but I'm inspired by all authors. It takes a great deal of courage to pour your onto paper and watch silently as the world judges it loudly.”
― Charity Parkerson

“If Heaven was a summer sky and a TV left on mute, then the Underworld was a starry night and an electric guitar with amps.”
― Charity Parkerson, The Wizard & The Wanton

“Listen with an open heart”
― William O'Brien

“Many years ago, plunging was discovered when the moon was in two halves- it's all about dreams, you see”
― William O'Brien, Peter: A Darkened Fairytale

“May the judgment of the dead find you justified.”
― Charity Parkerson, Sinners of Water & Fire

“Never challenge anyone crazier than you. Crazy trumps skill every damn time.”
― Charity Parkerson, Unattainable