Jaclyn > Jaclyn's Quotes

“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
― Benjamin Spock

“I have dozens of loyal fans! Baker's dozens! …they come in thirteens.”
― Felicia Day

“Love is so short, forgetting is so long.”
― Pablo Neruda, Love: Ten Poems

“I’ve put my line in the sand.” “But you know the thing about sand? Every day, the tide comes in and washes the line away. You can draw it again, or choose not to.”
― Clare Lydon, It Started with a Kiss

“I’ve never seen the point of fancy dress parties. You have two choices: either you make a massive effort and wind up looking like a dick, or you make no effort and wind up looking like a dick. And my problem, as always, was not knowing what kind of dick I wanted to be.”
― Alexis Hall, Boyfriend Material

“Hindsight makes it easy to laugh at many of the treatments in this book, but no doubt Dr. Google has assisted you in searching for a simple cure to a pesky problem. None of us are immune to wanting a quick fix. A hundred years ago, you might have been the person buying that strychnine tonic!”
― Lydia Kang, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything

“redheaded victims’ blood was especially sought after. Weasley lovers of the world, look away. We beg you.”
― Lydia Kang, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything

“If only my AP Bio textbook had been so fun. From Mad Cow to Monkeypox, here’s everything you wanted to know about the diseases you’re glad you don’t have.” –Mo Rocca”
― Lydia Kang, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything

“You have to do what works for you, and that might mean disappointing or even upsetting people sometimes.”
― Kristin Chenoweth, I'm No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts: Mini-Meditations for Saints, Sinners, and the Rest of Us

“If someone could see my brain’s search history, they’d be confused by what they found. It would be a blend of how to stifle a crush on the man I shouldn’t be thinking about and how to make him look at me like I want him to with a sprinkle of how to convince him to tell me why he left. For the record, all of those searches turned up no results. I still don’t have the answers.”
― Jillian Meadows, Wreck My Plans

“I also found your tampons in the silverware drawer. I moved them to the cabinet under the bathroom sink, which coincidentally is where I found the sheet pan. It was like a fun yet weird scavenger hunt with no treasure at the end.”
― Tara Sivec, Otterly Scorched

“You have eaten more than one meal together, you’ve shared details about your personal lives, he’s seen your brother in his underwear, and your father has insulted him several times. You’re basically engaged at this point.”
― Tara Sivec, Otterly Scorched

“Wow. I really did it. I summoned the Devil last night. And now he’s here, half-naked on my couch. Petting my cat, which is sadly not a euphemism.”
― Sarah Piper, The Devil Made Me Brew It