A.J. Adams > A.J.'s Quotes

“Do you find it easy to get drunk on words?"

"So easy that, to tell you the truth, I am seldom perfectly sober.”
― Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night

“You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they've been read...”
― Keri Hulme, The Bone People

“I do know the worst sin--perhaps the only sin--passion can commit, is to be joyless.”
― Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night

“She smelled of vanilla and strawberries. She tasted of mint. It sounds like fruit salad but the effect was sweet, innocent and fresh.”
― AJ Adams, The Degas Girl

“It's not the end of the world at all," he said. "It's only the end for us. The world will go on just the same, only we shan't be in it. I dare say it will get along all right without us.”
― Nevil Shute, On the Beach

“I'm not a historian, and I wouldn't want to be. I want to change the world. Attack the elite. Overturn the hierarchy. Look at my stories and you'll notice that the villains are always, always, those in power. The heroes are the little people. I hate the establishment. Always have, always will.”
― Terry Deary

“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.”
― Colette

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

“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

“And she's got brains enough for two, which is the exact quantity the girl who marries you will need.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Mostly Sally

“Pink is female - but why? Are girls any more pink than boys? Are boys any more blue than girls? It's something that has been sold to us, mostly so other things can be sold to us.”
― David Levithan, Two Boys Kissing

“Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry.”
― Jack Kerouac

“The next day, Trixie pawed Maddie awake, patting her arm gently.
“I’m up,” Maddie groaned, blinking sleep out of her eyes.
“Mrrow.” Trixie peered at her, then gave her a soft nose kiss, her whiskers skimming Maddie’s cheeks.
“Thanks, Trixie.” The gesture touched Maddie’s heart, and she wondered how she’d managed to live without a pet until Trixie came into her life.”
― Jinty James, Magic, Mocha and Murder

“We'd fought and fucked, but I'd never kissed Rip before. At first he froze, completely astonished, and then his arms were synching around me, pulling me close. His lips were warm, firm, and sweetly exploring. It felt absolutely, totally right. I sank into that kiss, feeling as if I'd come home.”
― A.J. Adams, Dark Hunter

“I was a good man once, but there's just no getting past the truth. I began by fighting monsters but in the process, I became one myself. There's no going back. The darkness still lies inside me. Sated by a lake of blood, and a universe of screams, it will always be there, black and brooding evil. AJ Adams, Dark Hunter”
― A.J. Adams, Dark Hunter