“If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible warning."
-Gwen Goodnight”
― Jennifer Crusie, quote from Faking It
“Everybody's crooked. The trick is to find out how they're bent.”
― Jennifer Crusie, quote from Faking It
“If you can't be a good example, then be a terrible warning.”
― Jennifer Crusie, quote from Faking It
“Dempseys are never in trouble. We just have stretches of life that are more interesting than others.”
― Jennifer Crusie, quote from Faking It
“When Eve ate the apple her knowledge increased. But God liked dumb women so Paradise ceased. Gwen Goodnight. Her Work.”
― Jennifer Crusie, quote from Faking It
“You've lived in America for twenty years. Eat badly, damn it.”
― Jennifer Crusie, quote from Faking It
“This is making me crazy. I hate relying on other people to save me, I hate being clingy, I hate it, and every time you show up, I lean on you. - Matilda Scarlet Veronica Betty Vilma Goodnight”
― Jennifer Crusie, quote from Faking It
“Very few people mate for life with the people they fall for at twelve. Doesn't mean is isn't real, doesn't mean it doesn't hurt, doesn't mean it doesn't matter, but basically, we're talking a practice swing in the big game of love.”
― Jennifer Crusie, quote from Faking It
“Once you know the truth, it's always obvious”
― Jennifer Crusie, quote from Faking It
“Davy's kiss tasted like vodka and disaster, and even while she kissed him back, Tilda thought, I'm never going into a closet with this man again. He slipped his hand under her T-shirt, and she said, "You know," as his hand slid up to her breast, but the only thing left to say was, I'm not that kind of girl, and of course she was.”
― Jennifer Crusie, quote from Faking It
“have you ever met a woman you wanted to give everything to?
just turn over everything you had?
-Davy Dempsey-”
― Jennifer Crusie, quote from Faking It
“He was not looking forward to breaking the law. He was straight now. He'd matured. Crime no longer excited him.
What?' Ronald said.
I didn't say anything.'
You're breathing heavy.”
― Jennifer Crusie, quote from Faking It
“If you can't be a good example, settle for being a horrible warning”
― Jennifer Crusie, quote from Faking It
“Mason was leaving her for a fifty-four-year-old woman who didn't moisturize”
― Jennifer Crusie, quote from Faking It
“I'm an open Minded Man. How about a threesom? You, me and the machine?”
― Jennifer Crusie, quote from Faking It
“Nitko nije savršen. Svi koji
su ikada ikoga voljeli morali su prijeći preko nečega.”
― Jennifer Crusie, quote from Faking It
“If you can’t be a good example, you’ll just have to be a horrible warning.”
― Jennifer Crusie, quote from Faking It
“If I could not smile, I think my situation would be even more serious.”
― Chris Cleave, quote from Little Bee
“If I fought for them and was crippled, they would all say nice things,and then they would replace me and forget I was ever there. You would stay with me. You would take care of me, because you love me. I love you too, Kate. If you ever became hurt, I would not leave you.
I’ll be there. Wherever you want‘there’ to be.
-Curran to Kate”
― Ilona Andrews, quote from Magic Slays
“I turn my back on him as he goes,
and settle myself in the parlor,
and touch Ma's piano.
My fingers leave sighs
in the dust.”
― Karen Hesse, quote from Out of the Dust
“It had been a good day, all things considered. I had managed rather well on my own. I opened Grandfather's Bible. This is what it would be like when I had my own shop, or when I traveled abroad. I would always read before sleeping. One day, I'd be so rich I would have a library full of novel to choose from. But I would always end the evening with a Bible passage.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, quote from Fever 1793
“You had two prerequisites.” Regin plopped down on a snowbank. “And I do believe I have Russian ex-mil contacts, and I speak the language-“
“Oh, come on! I’ve since learned that you do not by any stretch. You think Dostoyevsky is Russian for ‘How ‘s it hanging?’”
She blinked up at Kaderin as she paced by. “Then how do you say it?”
“I-don’t-know.”
“Then how do you know it’s not Dostoyevsky? No. Really.” She blew a bubble with her gum – possibly the first to do so at this location – but it flash-froze, and she had to crunch it back to gum consistency with her molars. “Obi-Wan, I was your only hope.”
(Kaderin and Regin)”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked
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