“If it's possible to send a message from heaven, I'll get one to you.”
― Lurlene McDaniel, quote from Don't Die, My Love
“I'll cover you in flowers someday, Julie-girl.”
― Lurlene McDaniel, quote from Don't Die, My Love
“The stems stood tall and straight, one series arranged in a single line, the other in a crudely shaped heart, the final one in the shape of the letter U. I love you.”
― Lurlene McDaniel, quote from Don't Die, My Love
“If I can't wait for you at the end of an aisle on your wedding day, I'll wait for you in heaven.”
― Lurlene McDaniel, quote from Don't Die, My Love
“Nobody gets to pick what life gives them”
― Lurlene McDaniel, quote from Don't Die, My Love
“Life went on whether people participated in it or not”
― Lurlene McDaniel, quote from Don't Die, My Love
“I'll never take it for granted again. I'll always be grateful for every spring that comes along.”
― Lurlene McDaniel, quote from Don't Die, My Love
“You're going to live your life. You're going to honor him doing things you would have done if he'd never gotten sick and died”
― Lurlene McDaniel, quote from Don't Die, My Love
“He doesn't teach you what to think, he teaches you how to think”
― Lurlene McDaniel, quote from Don't Die, My Love
“When you're up against a superior enemy, sometimes it's okay to just bow out gracefully”
― Lurlene McDaniel, quote from Don't Die, My Love
“He doesn't teach you what to think. He teaches you how to think.”
― Lurlene McDaniel, quote from Don't Die, My Love
“Humans had a saying. Mess with the bull and get the horns. Well, Harpies had a saying, too. Mess with a Harpy and die.”
― Gena Showalter, quote from The Darkest Surrender
“Human beings fear difference,” Lilith had told him once. “Oankali crave difference. Humans persecute their different ones, yet they need them to give themselves definition and status. Oankali seek difference and collect it. They need it to keep themselves from stagnation and overspecialization. If you don’t understand this, you will. You’ll probably find both tendencies surfacing in your own behavior.” And she had put her hand on his hair. “When you feel a conflict, try to go the Oankali way. Embrace difference.” Akin”
― Octavia E. Butler, quote from Lilith's Brood
“Some people don't understand that it is the nature of the eye to have seen forever, and the nature of the mind to recall anything that was ever known.”
― Alice Walker, quote from The Temple of My Familiar
“I guess what I'm trying to say is that you can't live somebody else's life for them. They have to make their own choices, and sometimes all we can do is learn to live with them.”
― Amanda Hocking, quote from Wake
“Generals trump Majors," Ursan said.
"True, but do princes trump generals?"
"I attacked him."
"Ryne's not the type to hold a grudge."
Ursan considered. "Isn't he a king? Both his parents died"
"Technically, yes. But he hasn't assumed the title."
"Neither has Prince Kerrick," Ursan said. " Don't you find that odd?"
"Not with Kerrick. He loved his father very much. I think it's still too painful for him to assume the title. Plus he hasn't been home in years."
Ursan remained quiet until we reached his tent. "Prince Kerrick's a forest mage. Which means his eyes change colour with the seasons. Right?"
"Yes."
He stared at me for a moment. "Lucky guy." Ursan ducked into his tent.”
― Maria V. Snyder, quote from Scent of Magic
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