Code of Conduct Quotes

“I don't want to sound like a badass, but I eject my USB without removing it safely.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“Pay attention to how he treats waiters and animals. How he treats waiters is how he’ll eventually treat you. How he treats animals is the way he’ll treat your kids.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“You could never be normal. Extraordinary is not normal. Stunning is not normal. Brilliant is. Not. Normal.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“You can be afraid and still strong, still fearless and indomitable. You can be afraid, and you can trust, and then when you're ready, you can let go of the fear. Fear muffles you. Let it go, and then you can live out loud again like you're meant to.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“Flying kisses are ones that make your insides feel like you're accelerating to reach altitude, and the moment you begin to soar, your chest can fill with air again, and your body floats free. I never had a flying kiss and always thought Mum was talking romantic nonsense." He took a deep breath, looked back at his hands, and smiled. "Apparently, it wasn't nonsense.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“Whatever words get said in the heat of anger, or cold fear, or even calm conversation, it is your choice to believe them, and your choice to give them meaning. Because you know what? They are just words, and the only power words have over us is the power we give them.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“Fear and excitement produce the exact same physiological response. It’s what you do with all that adrenaline that makes things interesting.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“Speak up or risk becoming background noise.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“Whatever words get said in the heat of anger, or cold fear, or even calm conversation, it's your choice to believe them, and your choice to give them meaning. Because you know what? They are just words, and the only power words have over us is the power we give them.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“Someone very dear to me once pointed out that supporting someone and fixing them are two different things. Loving and accepting all the broken pieces is the very definition of friendship.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“Characters who don't change and grow with each life experience turn into caricatures. They're cardboard cutouts of people who eventually become boring because they're predictable. But to grow you need to take risks ... Take the risk.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“We have trouble believing the good things people say – how smart, or interesting, or remarkable we are – but we have no trouble totally owning the bad stuff. If I’m going to give words any power at all, I’m going to make damn sure it’s the ones that light me up like a sunrise, you know?”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“There’s no problem so awful that you can’t add some guilt to it and make it even worse.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“Sometimes the loudest things in the room are the words we don’t say.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“Ovaries the size of cantaloupes, and I defy you to tell me how big balls are anything other than a complete liability. The bigger the balls, the larger the target for a well-aimed kick, and who wants that business dangling between their legs, getting in the way and slapping up against parts?”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“When you wear black clothes and someone asks whose funeral it is, look around the room and tell them you haven’t decided yet.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“Obviously, The Princess Bride has a movie quote for every occasion, but you might be surprised to know that Bull Durham comes in a close second.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“I don’t want to sound like a badass, but I eject my USB without removing it safely.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“A word only has the power you give it. Truth is just five letters unless the promise of it is honored, and trust – those five letters are meaningless without a whole lifetime of evidence to back it up.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“​[ ​48​ ]​ Gabriel “Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.” – Fiona Archer”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“Star Wars isn't a romance. How is Han the romantic lead?"
I rolled my eyes. "Everything's a romance. Every good story worth telling has a romantic element - it's what makes us want to watch them, want to be them. You can't possibly tell me you had little boy aspirations of growing up to be Luke? Everyone wanted to be Han. I wanted to be Han, although Leia was pretty badass despite the breakfast bun hair.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“Your scars are beautiful because they mean you’re alive, and when I kiss them it’ll be in reverence for what you’ve survived and who you’ve become because of them.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“I told my brain I wasn't presenting myself as an open target for the arms that encircled my waist as he stepped up behind me, but I was a lying liar who lied, especially when I tried to pretend indifference.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“Feeling empty just means you're ready for filling.
-Miri Eze”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“I taste you in my dreams," he murmured against my mouth. "I think about kissing you ten, fifty, a hundred times a day.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“Payback and Karma are the bitchy little sisters of Revenge, and I promise you, it's not a family you want to mess with.
-Shane, P.I.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“It's the differences between men and women that keep things interesting

- Gabriel Eze”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“My entryway had just become mortification central, and my face flamed horrendously. So I did the only thing one can do when one makes a complete ass of oneself. I kissed him.”
― April White, Code of Conduct