Gretta > Gretta's Quotes

“What goes around, comes around - definitely!”
― Gretta Curran Browne

“Balfour paused to swat irritably at a fly near his face, and with that gesture Lachlan suddenly realised why he had been summoned, because he knew all of Balfour’s tricks. For all his pretended geniality, Colonel Balfour had the skill of a scorpion. He always started with a smile and flattery, paused to swat a fly ... then dished out the dirty work.”
― Gretta Curran Browne, By Eastern Windows

“We are surrounded by story.”
― Alice McDermott

“Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness.”
― Pearl S. Buck

“You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”
― Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

“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