“Just because something is beautiful doesn´t mean it´s good.”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“You shouldn't miss someone who don't miss you, right?”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“Every girl pretends she is a princess at one point, no matter how little her life is like that.”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“Maybe we judge people too much by their looks because it's easier than seeing what's really important.”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“A beautiful thing is precious, no matter the price. Those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy...”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“People make such a big deal about looks, but after a while, when you know someone, you don´t even notice anymore...”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“I love you, I thought. But I didn’t say it. It was not that I feared she would laugh in my face. She was far too kind for that. My fear was a greater one— that she won’t say it back.”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“It hurts too much so I don't want to talk about it.”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“She wanted to leave. I loved her too much to make her stay.”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“You are ugly now, on the inside, where it matters most...you are beastly.”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“Better?" I went from holding her hand to hugging her. "Lindy, you loved me when I wasn't even human.
You kissed me when I had no lips. You saw what was deep down inside me when I wasn't even sure
about it myself. Believe me, there's no way I could do better. I think you're perfect.”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“... I was just... thinking."
"That must have been quite an experience for you.”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“That's what true love should be like-the person should be part of your soul and you should know what they're feeling all the time.”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“Who dares disturb my roses?"
Why did I say that”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“Magic. It was magic, and the magic is called love.”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“I am not frightened of you Kyle. I am
frightened for you.”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“when you're a kid, they tell you that it's what's on the inside that counts. Looks don't matter . But that's not true. Guys like Phoebus in The Hunchback, or Dorian, or the old Kyle Kingsbury-- they can be scumbags to women and still get away with it because they're good-looking. Being ugly is a kind of prisoner.”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“Trust me?" I held my breath for her answer. She had every reason not to trust me. I'd been her kidnapper, her captor, yet I'd rather have died than hurt a single hair on her head.”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“- It's been going so well. We have a wonderful time in class, and I can feel the chemistry between you.
- That's because it's chemistry class.”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“I’m a girl. Every girl pretends she’s a princess at one point, no matter how little her life is like that. And I like the idea of ‘happily ever after.”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“Surface beauty: blond hair, blue eyes" - she was looking at me - "is always easy to recognize. But if someone is braver, stronger, smarter, that's harder to see." - Kendra Hilferty”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“Having a Coke with You
is even more fun than going to San Sebastian, Irún, Hendaye, Biarritz, Bayonne
or being sick to my stomach on the Travesera de Gracia in Barcelona
partly because in your orange shirt you look like a better happier St. Sebastian
partly because of my love for you, partly because of your love for yoghurt
partly because of the fluorescent orange tulips around the birches
partly because of the secrecy our smiles take on before people and statuary
it is hard to believe when I’m with you that there can be anything as still
as solemn as unpleasantly definitive as statuary when right in front of it
in the warm New York 4 o’clock light we are drifting back and forth
between each other like a tree breathing through its spectacles
and the portrait show seems to have no faces in it at all, just paint
you suddenly wonder why in the world anyone ever did them
I look
at you and I would rather look at you than all the portraits in the world
except possibly for the Polish Rider occasionally and anyway it’s in the Frick
which thank heavens you haven’t gone to yet so we can go together the first time
and the fact that you move so beautifully more or less takes care of Futurism
just as at home I never think of the Nude Descending a Staircase or
at a rehearsal a single drawing of Leonardo or Michelangelo that used to wow me
and what good does all the research of the Impressionists do them
when they never got the right person to stand near the tree when the sun sank
or for that matter Marino Marini when he didn’t pick the rider as carefully
as the horse
it seems they were all cheated of some marvelous experience
which is not going to go wasted on me which is why I am telling you about it.”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“A single white roes goes with everything, doesn´t it, and it symbolizes purity.”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“A beautiful thing is precious no matter the price”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“This isn't a fairy tale. It's New York City.”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“But I am old now; my life is older. When I made the choice I made, I did not think it was forever. It is another thing to give up so young.”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“But usually, I watched Linda read. I couldn't believe she'd read so much in summer! Sometimes she laughed, reading her book, and one time she even cried. I didn't know how anyone could make such a big deal about books.”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
“...if there´s a beast,maybe he´s just a regular guy with a sin conditon or something. Maybe he just needs some understanding. Maybe we judge people to much by their looks because it´s easier than seeing what´s really important.”
― Alex Flinn, quote from Beastly
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“I took his aftershave and cologne out of the medicine cabinet. It occurred to me that he’d been wearing these for Karen. I peed in the bathroom glass, drained the Aramis and poured urine into two of his cologne bottles. “Up yours,” I said quietly. I dropped the bottles in his bag and zipped it closed.”
― Dorothea Benton Frank, quote from Sullivan's Island
“You're giving up the hunt for de Taillebourg?' Thomas asked. He had learned the priest's name from Robbie. 'No.' Robbie still had his head back as he stared at the magnificence of the transept's ceiling. 'I'll find him and then I'll gralloch the bastard.' Thomas did not know what gralloch meant, but decided the word was bad news for de Taillebourg.”
― Bernard Cornwell, quote from Vagabond
“Most myths contain a grain of truth,” said Lantern, warily. “Indeed they do, Younger Brother. Is that why you carry a lock of hair and a fragment of bone within the locket around your neck?” For a moment only, Lantern’s sapphire eyes glinted with anger. “You see a great deal, Elder Brother. You see into men’s dreams, and you see through metal. Perhaps you should be reading the dreams of the townsfolk.” “I know their dreams, Lantern. They want food for their tables and warmth in the winter. They want their children to have better and safer lives than they can provide. The world is a huge and terrifying place for them. They are desperate for simple answers to life’s problems.”
― David Gemmell, quote from White Wolf
“I want to see the whole picture - as nearly as I can. I don’t want to put on the blinders of ‘good’ and ‘bad’, and limit my vision. If I used the term ‘good’ on a thing I’d lose my license to inspect it, because there might be bad in it. Don’t you see? I want to be able to look at the whole thing.”
― John Steinbeck, quote from In Dubious Battle
“Most people are idiots. There's nothing worse than idiots who tell you their opinions.”
― Richard Kadrey, quote from Kill the Dead
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