Sam Quotes

“The people with the most fear have the greatest opportunity to be brave.”
― Francine Pascal, Sam

“She needed to get out of there. Her brains, thankfully, were still safely in her skull, but her emotions were splattered on the pavement.”
― Francine Pascal, Sam

“Ella was vapid and worthless at least nine-tenths of the time, but when she got really mad, her face became sharp and purposeful. Almost vicious. Like if Barbie were suddenly possessed by Atilla the Hun.”
― Francine Pascal, Sam

“Ed felt faint. Milk shake, as it turned out, was much less handy in your veins then, say, oxygen.”
― Francine Pascal, Sam

“Ella's supersonic voice followed her all the way to Bleecker Street and then dissolved amid the noisy profusion of shops, cafes, and restaurants and the crush of people that made the West Village of Manhattan unique in the world. In a single block you could buy fertility statues from Tanzania, rare Amazonian orchids, a pawned brass tuba, Krispy Kreme doughnuts, or the best, most expensive cup of coffee you ever tasted. It was the doughnuts, incidentally, that attracted Gaia.”
― Francine Pascal, Sam

“My mom used to say that a poor person who gave a dime to charity was more generous than a rich one who gave hundreds of dollars.”
― Francine Pascal, Sam

“Hubris, that was the word — believing you were too good, too strong, invulnerable. The world had a way of teaching you that you weren’t invulnerable.”
― Francine Pascal, Sam

“But he’d made the mistake of listening, just a little, to the seductive whispers of that rotten, misleading bastard called Hope.”
― Francine Pascal, Sam

“He loved her in a way he’d never come close to loving anything before.”
― Francine Pascal, Sam

“His older brother once told him that if you found you were undressing the girl and yourself, take a break and ask yourself whether you’re pushing too hard.”
― Francine Pascal, Sam

“Luck is unpredictable. She’s not your friend. She won’t stand by you.”
― Francine Pascal, Sam

“Luck doesn’t shine her light on each of us equally. She is arbitrary, irrational, unfair, and sometimes downright cruel. There are people who spend their entire lives basking in her glow, and others never seem to get one goddamned break.”
― Francine Pascal, Sam

“Heather was paralyzed. Anger told her to get between them and make trouble, Pride told her to run away. Hurt told her to cry. Cunning told her to make Sam feel as guilty and small as possible. She waited to hear what Intelligence had to say. It never spoke first, but its advice was usually worth waiting for.”
― Francine Pascal, Sam