Dawn > Dawn's Quotes

“Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face.”
― John Updike, Self-Consciousness

“Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.”
― Ovid, Heroides

“The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!”
― Wilkie Collins, Armadale

“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”
― Abigail Adams, The Letters of John and Abigail Adams

“Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
― Dylan Thomas, In Country Sleep, and Other Poems

“You deserve a man who makes you feel butterflies. Love isn't safe. Love is crazy and scary and unpredictable. You can't control it and you sure as hell can't fight it. It's one of life's greatest risks...but it's also one of life's greatest gifts.”
― Karli Perrin, April Showers

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“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

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
― Steve Jobs

“All you see, in the end, is what I want you to see. Such is politics.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

“She had gone to him then, taken him in her arms and held him until he could breathe again. To her, it had been second nature, caring for him when he was hurting. But now she saw what she had never dared to see before: this love of hers was one-sided. She was the one who took care; he was the one who took.”
― Kristin Hannah, Home Front

“The first week without Jolene almost drove Michael into the ground. He’d had no idea how much there was to do around the house and with the kids.”
― Kristin Hannah, Home Front

“I’ve been in-country a day and here’s what I think: I’m going to die over here.”
― Kristin Hannah, Home Front

“There were journeys in life no one could take for you.”
― Kristin Hannah, Home Front

“At night, when you close your eyes and allow yourself to be vulnerable…that’s the only time you dare to wonder what it’d be like to be with someone.”
― S.T. Abby, The Risk

“The towel flops off, exposing every naked inch of him to my eyes. It makes my stomach roil. But the terror in his eyes? That gets me high.”
― S.T. Abby, The Risk

“You don’t know my name. It’s dangerous to talk to strangers, you know.”
― S.T. Abby, The Risk

“We both loved Marcus.”
― S.T. Abby, The Risk

“He’s everything I wish I could be. A hero. A hero loved by a monster.”
― S.T. Abby, Scarlet Angel

“It wasn’t a beast at all. It was a woman.”
― S.T. Abby, All the Lies

“She’s a bitch, I know. But she doesn’t deserve any of your stabby urges.”
― S.T. Abby, All the Lies

“On July 24, 2021, author CM Owens—also known as S.T. Abby & Kristy Cunning—passed away. Her main book club is still up and running to keep the love alive for all her hard works.”
― S.T. Abby, Paint It All Red

“I would burn down the world for you.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Love

“Maeven was still watching me, her fingers curled around a champagne bottle.”
― Jennifer Estep, Kill the Queen