“When you don't talk, there's a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen
“But it turns out that even if I don’t talk a lot, when it’s something that matters I still have a lot to say.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen
“It was like he was in a contest to see who could do the least work, only he was the only contestant.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen
“Everyone I looked at, their whole lives, did exactly what they were supposed to do
without even questioning it, without even wondering if they could
do something different.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen
“I hate it when people make fun of me and it turns out they're right.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen
“Sometimes,well,all the time,I can't think of what to say because I'm so dumb and stuff,and then maybe I think of it like five days later.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen
“It kind of struck me how great it would be to go out with a guy that size. And if you, you know, got tired of dating him, you could always use him as a house or something.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen
“I milked, of course, and did some work around the barn, and tried not to think about Brian, which was like trying not to breathe.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen
“But you know, even worrying about haircuts couldn't depress me. Because every time I started sinking low, I'd just remember about football. All this time I'd thought I wanted to be a trainer, when it turned out I wanted to be a player instead. I saw something I wanted to do and I decided to do it. The feeling of freedom this gave me—I can't even describe it. It was my decision. I chose it. I am not a cow.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen
“You can’t think about how much you have left to do because that’s just one thought, one sad thought, that’ll make you bummed out all day long. Instead you’ve got to think about how much you’ve already done.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen
“Talk Back? That's really what it's called? You're supposed to walk into some church basement and say, 'I'm here to learn how to Talk Back'?”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen
“I saw something I wanted to do and I decided to do it. The feeling of freedom it gave me- I can't even describe it. It was my decision. I chose it.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen
“I swear, every person I know gets far more satisfaction from doing good deeds than receiving them. Maybe that's the whole point in the end, all of us putting up with good deeds, tolerating them as best we can, counting the minutes until we have the opportunity to reciprocate.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen
“trying to make something sound innocent always backfires—I know that just from being a kid”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen
Catherine Gilbert Murdock
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“I never have more than one drink before dinner. But I do like that one to be large and very strong and very cold and very well-made. I hate small portions do anything, particularly when they taste bad.”
― Ian Fleming, quote from Casino Royale
“The second you stop questioning yourself is the second that you become the monster.
-Merry”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, quote from A Kiss of Shadows
“Perhaps sometimes life shows you a side of itself which leaves you with nothing more to say”
― Alessandro Baricco, quote from Silk
“I could shave my head and wear a sackcloth and still get a whole lot of ghostly wrong numbers. Makes me wonder if there’s some kind of ghost-necro porn industry down there. ~Jaime Vegas”
― Kelley Armstrong, quote from Haunted
“Zits,” I said. “Z-I-T-S. Actually, I don’t think you even need electric bolts. You could just breathe on us.” I looked him in the eyes and smiled. “Seriously, dude, when was the last time you brushed your teeth?” “Shut up!” “No, really. Did you eat a diaper?” “Shut up!” he shouted. He squinted. “Do you know how much I enjoyed guarding your mother? I shocked her at least a dozen times just to watch her squeal.” “Yeah, well you could have just sat next to her and let her smell you. That would have been much worse. I’ve had hamsters with better hygiene.” “Enough! Don’t think I won’t electrocute you, Vey!” Taylor looked at me as if I’d lost my mind. “It’s his Tourette’s, he can’t help it.” “I’m scared, Zits,” I said. “You know Hatch would have your head if you did. But here’s my promise: after I’m in charge, my first command is to make you my shoeshine boy. You’ll be following me around with a towel.” “You’ll never be in charge.” “No, that’s what Hatch said. You heard him. He wants my power. I’m not kidding, Zits. When Hatch was trying to get me to join you guys, he promised me that you would be my servant.” Zeus looked at me with a worried expression. After a moment he shouted, “Shut up! And stop calling me Zits!” “I don’t think I will. In fact, it’s going to be the first rule I make. I’m going to have everyone else call you that.” “I don’t care what Hatch says. I’m gonna fry you, Vey.” “Oooh, now I’m really shaking. You don’t have enough juice in you to light a flashlight.” “Michael!” Taylor shouted. “Stop it. He’s got a temper. I’ve seen it.” “You should listen to the cheerleader, Vey.” He stepped toward me. “You think you’re so cool. But you can’t shoot electricity like me, can you? You’re just a flesh-covered battery.” “And you’re a flesh-covered outhouse. You should tie a couple hundred of those car air fresheners around your neck.” “Last warning!” Zeus shouted. “I’m not kidding, Zits. There are porta-potties with better aromas. Would a little deodorant kill you? What was the last year you took a bath?”
― Richard Paul Evans, quote from The Prisoner of Cell 25
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